ContextMenuForWindows11 VS ModernFlyouts

There is a tool to add options to new context menu (or do it by regedit): context menu

Instead of replacing the context menu entirely, you can also use this app which lets you add your own items to the native menu. https://github.com/ikas-mc/ContextMenuForWindows11

You can use this program to add custom entries to you context menu. In your case, add one for each file association you want to edit with Paint.

There is this tool for creating your own context menu entries, you may be able to make it work to open that path in the various shells: https://github.com/ikas-mc/ContextMenuForWindows11/tree/3.0.0.0

Here: https://github.com/ikas-mc/ContextMenuForWindows11

You could use modern flyout. It allows you to increase or decrease (also to 0) the number active of media sessions displayed.

If you don't want to mess around with any of your program's settings, you can install ModernFlyouts and change its' settings to never show any popups.

It's called Modern Flyouts. Link here: https://modernflyouts-community.github.io/

Check out ModernFlyouts, it offers an alternative to the banner by replacing it with one you can customize. Fade duration being one of them

Modern​Flyouts for better looking flyouts for volume and media

This may not be the perfect fix you are looking for, but I faced the same problem as you (wanted flyouts but also wanted explorerpatcher for other functionality that it brought), and my solution was to use ModernFlyouts (link here)

You can try ModernFlyouts, it has a few customization options so maybe you can get a more minimal experience that way https://modernflyouts-community.github.io/