Add items in New option of context menu in Windows Explorer or on desktop.
This setting enables you to add more items in the New option of the context menu on desktop or in Windows Explorer.
Level: Recommended For Novice Users
Description:
The context menu appears when you right-click in windows explorer or on desktop. There is an option "new", which lets you create various documents, folder and shortcut. A new item like a file type can be added now to the context menu. For this, go to start > run menu, enter regedit and navigate to the desired applications file extension (like jpeg) registry path. You can create a shellnew subkey and under it the nullfile string value. The created string value should not have any value. However, you can delete subkey shellnew to remove the item from the context menu. The changes take effect after a restart or logoff. When editing the registry it is highly recommended to run a quick scan for optimization, you can test your system now for free.
The context menu appears when you right-click in windows explorer or on desktop. There is an option "new", which lets you create various documents, folder and shortcut. A new item like a file type can be added now to the context menu. For this, go to start > run menu, enter regedit and navigate to the desired applications file extension (like jpeg) registry path. You can create a shellnew subkey and under it the nullfile string value. The created string value should not have any value. However, you can delete subkey shellnew to remove the item from the context menu. The changes take effect after a restart or logoff. When editing the registry it is highly recommended to run a quick scan for optimization, you can test your system now for free.
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First, click the 'Start' button, and select 'Run'. In the resulting dialog box, type "regedit".
Second, go to the <b>[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\(file extension)</b> key, righ-click and click on "New > Key" to create a new key with the name "shellnew" on the file extension of your choice.
Third, right-click on the blank area in the right pane and click on "New > String Value" to create a new String value with the name "NullFile".
The created String value "NullFile" should not have any value.
Registry Entries
- back to top- Path: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\(file extension)\shellnew\]
- Location: Local Machine
- Value Name: NullFile
- Data Type: REG_SZ (String Value)
- Action Type: Add an Entry
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