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T.Moore - 30 Jul 2008 02:33 GMT

Right clicking on the Win XP desktop brings up a context sensitive menu that
allows you to created new items on the desktop (i.e., folders, Word
documents, etc). How can I add to or modifiy this list of new items?

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Andrew E. - 30 Jul 2008 04:54 GMT

For folders,open control-panel,folder options,file types tab,scroll thru &
locate
item to modify.

> Right clicking on the Win XP desktop brings up a context sensitive menu that
> allows you to created new items on the desktop (i.e., folders, Word
> documents, etc). How can I add to or modifiy this list of new items?

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Olórin - 30 Jul 2008 10:50 GMT

> Right clicking on the Win XP desktop brings up a context sensitive menu
> that
> allows you to created new items on the desktop (i.e., folders, Word
> documents, etc). How can I add to or modifiy this list of new items?

Download, install & run Microsoft's TweakUI PowerToy from
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/Downloads/powertoys/Xppowertoys.mspx.
What you're after can be controlled from the "Templates" section on the
left.

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T.Moore - 30 Jul 2008 18:02 GMT

That's a nice utility. Strange thing though, I works on everything except
Notepad. I was missing a Notepad.txt file in the Templates folder and added
one, but still the same problem. Anymore ideas? Or does anyone know where the
"new" items are stored? Possibly in the registry?

Thanks
Terry

> > Right clicking on the Win XP desktop brings up a context sensitive menu
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Ramesh, MS-MVP - 31 Jul 2008 05:35 GMT

Hi Terry,

The "Text Document" entry is listed by default in the "New" menu in Windows
XP. If it's missing in your system, download and run the TXT association fix
from here:

http://www.dougknox.com/xp/file_assoc.htm

See also:

Add or remove entries in the New objects list (ShellNew):
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/shellnew.htm

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> That's a nice utility. Strange thing though, I works on everything except
> Notepad. I was missing a Notepad.txt file in the Templates folder and
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>> What you're after can be controlled from the "Templates" section on the
>> left.

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T.Moore - 31 Jul 2008 16:29 GMT

Thanks Ramesh. ShellNew in the registry was the problem. I had a corrupted
entry.

Thanks again,
Terry

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Ramesh, MS-MVP - 01 Aug 2008 00:57 GMT

You're welcome Terry.

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Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
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Windows® Troubleshooting: http://www.winhelponline.com

> Thanks Ramesh. ShellNew in the registry was the problem. I had a corrupted
> entry.
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>> >> left.

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