Windows 7 - NEW Context Menu - Edit for Desktop

This tutorial shows you how to do this

BEFORE Click here to read the entire tutorial

In Libraries, that is the only option you have. Right click on the desktop instead to see all of them.

In your root folders (ex: C: ), you will also only have New - Folder available.

Learned something new. I thought anywhere in explorer brought up the same menu. Much appreciated.

You're welcome Barefoot.

not sure if this is the right place to post, but I was reading on Tech Spot, and they linked to a program that will let you customize the context menu.

Here's the link to the article

Context Menu Editor

I tried to remove Microsoft Access, Publisher, Excel, as well as Adobe Acrobat PDF, and LiveCycle using the follow commands, but had no luck.

Do I have the wrong name after the extension for some of these entries? Thanks for the help!

Have been looking for this for a while Thanks

I tried the reg entry 3-4 times to add an item to the "New" sub-menu. It accepts the entry, but the item doesn't show up. I even tried it manually, but the same result.

I copied and pasted the entry here, changing only the exctension (frompng to dbx).

What the heck is goign wrong here? I tried it with all my add-ons disabled. Nada.

What the heck?

Regards,
Chuck Billow

Is their any way to do this without registry files. So i can choose what i want to remove as some of the new shortcuts i have currently they are only from WinRaR and Open Office and i would like to not remove all the entry's from Open Office but some.

I am wondering if their is an app for this? I dont know how it works with windows 7 in Windows XP it was simple the new menu just linked to a folder with shortcuts that could be added or removed. Right now i dont believe it is similar since the registry is involved.

So any help is appreciated I read about how you can use ShellEX View to do this although i dont know how. that is if it even does what i thought it could do? What is this APP specifically made for?

Sorry for bringing up an old post but i thought it would be better than making a new one although if i get no replys i may have too, I just dont want to clutter up the forum.
Thanks in advance!

i hav an exam on monday. after that i'll make an app for that

Hi.

I am new to registry editing, and having some trouble getting this to work with some filetypes. I have been at it for a couple of hours now, and I am about to give up.This is what I would like to do:

As I recently have started java programming I would like to have the option to right click, and choose new java document.

I have sucsessfully added other filetypes such as HTML, XML and REG files to the "new" context menu. The ".JAVA" file type however, will not show up.

I have used this registry entry:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

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

It shows up correctly when I look for it in Regedit, and also when I look in this program: ShellNewHandler (ShellNewHandler | Download ShellNewHandler software for free at SourceForge.net). I also noticed in this program(see jpg attachment) that .BMP and .TRC filetypes should be visible in the new context menu - but they are not. There is also no description to any of the three file types (.JAVA,.BMP and .TRC) - could this be the problem? If so, how can I add a file type description?

I also read on some forum that it may be because the file type has no associated class(?) but there was no solution, and I do not remember where I read it. I also have tried setting Notepad to be the default editor, but it does not seem to help...

Does anyone have any idea that can help? I am getting pretty frustrated not getting this to work..


I would appreciate any help