How Add "New" Word Document to Windows Context Menu? - no MSOffice

I have LibreOffice 3.6 installed on my Windows 7 computer. I am not using MS Office at all. However I still exclusively use .doc files for Writer because everyone else I correspond with uses Office.


I want to add the option to create a "new" .doc file to the Windows context menu when right clicking on the desktop or folder empty space. I've seen similar questions but nothing that talks about what to do when Word isn't installed.


Thanks!

choppedporks said:

Hi toasty,
As far as I know you can do it by creating a registry entry. Just follow these steps:

1. Create a new .txt file.
2. Paste the following:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.doc\ShellNew]
"NullFile"=""

3. Save it, and change the extension of a .txt file to .reg
4. Double click the reg file, and click yes on every popup window.

Works just fine on my pc, hope it'll work for you.

That totally did it, thanks!