NEW Context Menu - Edit for Desktop

laffen86 said:

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

Click to expand...

try this

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.java\ShellNew]
"ItemName"=hex(2):00,00
"NullFile"=""

Great Exactly what I was looking for to Add .py Files

Hello,

I can't add the Microsoft Office Word option (.doc).
I have installed Office 2003 and only Word, Excel, PowerPoint.
Excel & PowerPoint are shown, but not the Word.

Any ideas?
Thank you in advance.

(language is Greek)

^^
Uninstall and reinstall Office, still nothing...

Any fix on this?

Is there a way to use this method to restore Word to the context menu?

For some reason, all of the other Office applications show up there but Word does not. It used to but I had to reinstall my OS. After I reinstalled Office, it was gone!

I've tried uninstalling, reinstalling, repairing ...nothing so far has brought Word back to "New" in the context menu.

Hello WebPixie,

Which Office do you have installed?

I'll see if I can install it in a VM, and post back with a .reg file to add it back for you.

Brink said:

Hello WebPixie,

Which Office do you have installed?

I'll see if I can install it in a VM, and post back with a .reg file to add it back for you.

Click to expand...

See WebPixie's post/thread on the same topic:

WebPixie said:

~~~
I only have one version of Office installed: Office 2000
~~~

Click to expand...

Brink said:

Hello WebPixie,

Which Office do you have installed?

I'll see if I can install it in a VM, and post back with a .reg file to add it back for you.

Click to expand...

Hi Brink,

It's Office 2000 Pro.

I have the Office 2000 SP3 and the "Microsoft Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint File Formats" installed also.

Thanks!

It seems that Office 2000 is no longer available to download from MSDN. If you can export these two registry keys below and upload them, I should still be able to create a .reg file for you.

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.doc

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.ppt

Brink said:

It seems that Office 2000 is no longer available to download from MSDN. If you can export these two registry keys below and upload them, I should still be able to create a .reg file for you.

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.doc

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.ppt

Click to expand...

Thank you but I'm so sorry. I don't know how to do that. Is that something you could walk me through?

I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling Office but that didn't work. As it turns out, I didn't uninstall the Office Updates when I did that. I was considering uninstalling Office as well as the Updates when I was directed to one of your other tutorials. I appreciate your help and your efforts to create a .reg for me, but I hate to impose. Shall I try uninstalling and reinstalling everything first?

Word was on the context menu prior to my recent OS reinstall. It's puzzling that it's not there now. There was another anomaly with Word when I first installed Office after that recent OS reinstall. I don't recall exactly what the anomaly was but I remember that I had to go to Program Files to open the Word application the first time, probably because Word wasn't on the Start Menu.

I'm happy to do either: Uninstall and reinstall everything associated with Office, or exporting the registry keys as you suggest (with help, that is). Which would you recommend?

Thanks again

Another option is to do a system restore using a restore point dated when it was in the New context menu to hopefully sort it for you.

Brink said:

Another option is to do a system restore using a restore point dated when it was in the New context menu to hopefully sort it for you.

Click to expand...

That would've been prior to the clean Windows 7 install that I did in early October so, unfortunately, there is no restore point like that.

In that case WebPixie, let's see if the .reg file below may sort this for you. It'll restore the default registry entry for .doc files for the "New" context menu.

You'll just need to download it to your desktop, double click on it to merge it, then approve all prompts.

Yay!!! Word is right back there where it belongs!
Thanks so very much!!!

Well WebPixie I see that between you and Brink you got your problem taken care of.

Happy computing.

WebPixie said:

Yay!!! Word is right back there where it belongs!
Thanks so very much!!!

Click to expand...

You're most welcome WebPixie.

I would like to thank Brink for his "doc.reg" file in post #32, that fix my problem also.

gogos7 said:

I would like to thank Brink for his "doc.reg" file in post #32, that fix my problem also.

Click to expand...

I'm glad it could help gogos7.

How to add 7zip to Windows 7's right-click New context menu

How to add 7zip to Windows 7's right-click New context menu

I'm using Windows 7 Professional x64. If you're using another version of Windows, this may or may not work for you.

1. Back up your Registry or take a system snapshot just in case you mess something up.

2. If, at some time in the past, you already right-clicked on a 7zip file, clicked Properties, clicked on Change next to Open With, selected 7zip, and checked the box for "Always use the selected program to open this kind of file", or if, at some point, you right-clicked and chose Open With – Choose Default Program – 7zip, you might need to undo that action. The reason is because the User Choice overrides the normal file extension actions (including, I think, the ability to add 7zip to the right-click New menu). If so, open the Registry and search for 7zFM.exe in the Open With list. Delete this key, resetting your 7zip back to a pristine state. Hit F5 to Refresh the Desktop and confirm that when you double-click on a 7zip file, Windows doesn't know what program you want to use.

3. Use Notepad or your favorite text editor to create a simple text document containing a few words.

4. Using 7zip, add this simple textfile into a new 7zip file and save to the Desktop as 7z.7z. In my case, my resulting 7z.7z file was about 220 bytes.

5. Re-open 7z.7z and delete the text file so that now, the 7z file is empty. The reason for steps 3 to 5 is so that the file will have the proper binary format for opening with 7z. If you simply create a random empty text file and change the extension from .txt to .7z, or a zero-byte .7z file, the file probably won't open with 7zip.

6. Right-click on the altered 7z.7z, choose Properties, and confirm that it is now fewer bytes than the original. In my case, my empty 7z.7z was 32 bytes. Those 32 bytes probably contain the code that 7zip needs to be able to open the file.

7. Confirm that 7z.7z still opens properly in 7zip.

8. Copy 7z.7z to your Windows folder. You can copy the file somewhere else if you prefer, but you will need to change the subsequent instructions accordingly. Just make sure to copy it somewhere that is safe from meddling and accidental deletion.

9. Open the Registry Editor (Start – Run – regedit) and scroll down to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.7z.

10. Right-click on the .7z key and Export to the Desktop, so that you can go back to original settings if necessary.

11. In the right-hand pane of .7z, change the (Default) value to 7z_auto_file. I chose this name because Windows 7 automatically creates a key with this name when you right-click a .7z file and choose to open with 7zip. You could probably use another name if you changed the subsequent instructions accordingly.

12. Right-click on the .7z key and choose New Key. Name the key ShellNew.

13. Click on the ShellNew key.

14. In the right-hand pane of ShellNew, right-click and create a new String Value named FileName.

15. Double-click on the FileName string and change the value to C:\Windows\7z.7z. Note that if you try to use %SystemRoot% here, the resulting 7zip file from a right-click New menu probably won't open properly or at all. When I used %SystemRoot%\7z.7z, my 7zip file was 0 bytes and refused to open. So I changed the path back to C:\Windows\7z.7z. I think this might have something to do with ShellNew requiring a "fully-qualified name" also known as a fully-qualified file path.

16. Right-click on HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT and create a New Key called 7z_auto_file.

17. In the Registry Editor, click on Favorites – Add to Favorites to create Favorites for HKCR .7z and HKCR 7z_auto_file, so that you can return to each one quickly with a couple of mouse clicks.

18. Go to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\7z_auto_file.

19. Change the (Default) value to Compressed (7zipped) Folder.

20. Right-click on the 7z_auto_file key and create a New Key called DefaultIcon.

21. Right-click on the 7z_auto_file key again and create another New Key called shell.

22. Click on the DefaultIcon key.

23. In the right-hand pane, change the (Default) value to point to your favorite 7zip icon. You can download miscellaneous 7zip icons online. I used one named 7z_blue_icon.ico that is 72 x 72 pixels and displays 7z on a blue and white background. I copied my ICO file to Windows and set the value to C:\Windows\7z_blue_icon.ico,0. Be sure to include the comma zero after the file path.

24. Go to the shell key that you created a few minutes ago.

25. Right-click on shell and create a New Key called Open.

26. Right-click on Open and create a New Key called Command.

27. Click on Command. In the right-hand pane, change the (Default) value to point to 7Zip's File Manager (not its GUI), with %1 to indicate that 7zFM should open a file. Put both components in double quotation marks to accomodate any long filenames. For me, the value was "C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zFM.exe" "%1".

28. Hit F5 within Registry Editor and on the Windows Desktop to refresh Explorer. You shouldn't need to reboot.

29. Try the right-click context menu on the Desktop. You may have to try twice or wait about 5 seconds before you see any change. You should ultimately see a new entry, New – Compressed (7zipped) Folder.

30. Create the new 7zip file and confirm that the file opens properly when double-clicked. Confirm that you can add files to the 7zip compressed file and can save the edited file.

If everything works as expected, go back to Registry Editor and Export the keys for .7z and for 7z_auto_file so that you can Import them in the future; when you reinstall Windows, for example. Note that in the exported reg files, the Windows folder is enclosed in double backslashes for some reason: C:\\Windows\\7z.7z.

Good luck.