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Kazoo - 23 Apr 2004 19:53 GMT

I have a fairly fresh Win98 SE installation. I have
installed this version many times before, but this time
when i right-click to create a folder or document, "NEW"
does NOT appear on the shortcut menu! It is also absent
from the FILE menu under "my computer".
The only thing i did differently for this install was use
an MS update CD for April 2004 to install updates.

Help.

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Gary S. Terhune - 24 Apr 2004 02:14 GMT

This should fix it.
http://aumha.org/regfiles.php#new

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> I have a fairly fresh Win98 SE installation. I have
> installed this version many times before, but this time
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>
> Help.

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PCR - 24 Apr 2004 03:10 GMT

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=kb;en-us;180257
New Command Missing in Windows Explorer

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\New
(Default) "{D969A300-E7FF-11d0-A93B-00A0C90F2719}" << String

Does your Registry have that Key? If not...

.......Start...after this line............................
REGEDIT4

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\New]
@="{D969A300-E7FF-11d0-A93B-00A0C90F2719}"

.......End....before this line, including the Blank/Null line..........

Copy/paste what is between those lines into a Notepad window. Name the
file "FixNew.reg". It must have that file type ".reg". You may need to
put the name in quotes in the Notepad "save" box, so that it won't
append ".txt".

Once the file is created, click it & it will merge into the Registry.
That is default behavior for a file with a type of ".reg". That is why
one should not willy-nilly click those.

To alter the default behavior: "START, Settings, Folder Options, File
Types tab". Scroll to & click "Registration Entries", click the "Edit"
button, select "edit" in the window & click the "Set Default" button.
Now, when you click a .reg file, it will open in Notepad for
examination.
To merge it into the Registry, R-Clk it & select "Merge".

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Thanks or Good Luck,
There may be humor in this post, and,
Naturally, you will not sue,
should things get worse after this,
PCR
pcrrcp@netzero.net

| I have a fairly fresh Win98 SE installation. I have
| installed this version many times before, but this time
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|
| Help.

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Kazoo - 26 Apr 2004 13:57 GMT

Thanks a bunch, gents!

>-----Original Message-----
>I have a fairly fresh Win98 SE installation. I have
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>Help.
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PCR - 26 Apr 2004 21:42 GMT

You are welcome. (But Terhune is no gentleman!)

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Thanks or Good Luck,
There may be humor in this post, and,
Naturally, you will not sue,
should things get worse after this,
PCR
pcrrcp@netzero.net

| Thanks a bunch, gents!
|
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| >Help.
| >.

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