How to Remove and Restore the Default "New" Context Menu Items in Windows 7 and Windows 8
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This will show you how to either remove or restore the default New context menu items in Windows 7 and Windows 8. These include the NEW - Folder, Shortcut, Bitmap image, Contact, Journal Document, Rich Text Document, Library, Text Document, Compressed (zipped) Folder, and Briefcase context menu items.
You must be logged in as an administrator to be able to do the steps in the tutorial below.
Note
You will only have Folder available in the New context menu in the root directory of the C: drive, C:\Windows folder, C:\Program Files folder, C:\Program Files (x86) folder, and C:\Users folder.
EXAMPLE: "New" Context Menu NOTE:You can only see this New context menu when you right click on a empty space on the desktop or on a empty space in a Windows Explorer window.
EXAMPLE: "New" Context Menu in Ribbon NOTE: This is only available in the Home tab in the Windows 8 File Explorer Ribbon.
EXAMPLE: "New" Context Menu in Root Directory NOTE:In the C: drive, C:\Program Files, C:\Program Files (x86), and C:\Windows root directory folders and all of their subfolders, you will only have New - Folder available.
EXAMPLE: "New" Context Menu in Libraries NOTE:In the Libraries folder, you will only have New - Library available. However, in the included folders in a library, you will still have the default New context menu items available.
Here's How:
1. To Remove or Restore "Bitmap image"
A) Click/tap on the download button below to download the file below.
Bitmap_image_New_Context_Menu_Item.zip
2. To Remove or Restore "Briefcase" NOTE:This item is not in the "New" context menu in Windows 8 by default, but can be added with this step.
A) Click/tap on the download button below to download the below.
Briefcase_New_Context_Menu_Item.zip
3. To Remove or Restore "Compressed (zipped) Folder"
A) Click/tap on the download button below to download the below.
A) Click/tap on the download button below to download the below.
Contact_New_Context_Menu_Item.zip
5. To Remove or Restore "Folder"
A) Click/tap on the download button below to download the below.
Folder_New_Context_Menu_Item.zip
6. To Remove or Restore "Journal Document"
A) Click/tap on the download button below to download the below.
Journal_Document_New_Context_Menu_Item.zip
7. To Remove or Restore "Library"
A) Click/tap on the download button below to download the below.
Library_New_Context_Menu_Item.zip
8. To Remove or Restore "Rich Text Document"
A) Click/tap on the download button below to download the below. NOTE:This is for a WordPad .rtf document file. If you have Office Word installed, then it may be set to be the default program instead of WordPad to open RTF files with and would remove Rich Text Document if so, and you may have Microsoft Word Document instead.
Rich_Text_Document_New_Context_Menu_Item.zip
9. To Remove or Restore "Shortcut"
A) Click/tap on the download button below to download the below.
Shortcut_New_Context_Menu_Item.zip
10. To Remove or Restore "Text Document"
A) Click/tap on the download button below to download the below.
Text_Document_New_Context_Menu_Item.zip
11.Save the .zip file to the desktop.
12. Open the downloaded .zip file and extract (drag and drop) the .reg file (remove or restore) that you want to use to your desktop.
13. Double click/tap on the extracted .reg file to merge it.
14. When prompted, click/tap on Run, Yes (UAC), Yes, and OK to approve merging the .reg file.
15. You can now delete the downloaded ZIP and REG files if you like.
16. Sometimes it may take a moment before the missing New context menu item to reappear. If not, then restart the computer to apply.
hello guys, this is my 1'st post here, but i am following this forum for a while now and i discovered some great things here
this is my issue:
when i open the "New" context menu, instead of "Bitmap Image" i get "dfhfh\" , the icon is still the same but i get this weird text.
I tried removing and restoring the entry but no luck
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You can use the Find and Find Next feature in regedit.exe to search the registry for the dfhfh\ entry. If found, you can right click on the entry for it, click on Modify, and change the name back to Bitmap images.
Only do this if you are confortable in the registry. Be sure to create a restore point first before doing this incase you make a mistake and need to undo it with a system restore.
i found 4 entrys in regedit named "Photoshop.BMPFile.11" with the "dfhfh\" value and i changed it to Bitmap Image (just on the 1'st entry) just like you said and everything is back to normal
System Manufacturer/Model Number Home Made with Great Performance OS Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 x64 CPU Pentium Dual Core E6600 3Ghz Motherboard Gigabyte P41T-D3P Memory Kingston 4GB DDR3 1066MHz Graphics Card Asus nVidia GeForce GT440 Sound Card Genius 5.1 Sound Maker Monitor(s) Displays Samsung SyncMaster SA350 + Samsung 32EH5000 Screen Resolution 1920x1080 Full HD
Keyboard Microsoft Wired Keyboard 600 Mouse Microsoft Wireless Mobile Mouse 1000 PSU Inter-Tech Energon 650W Case Nexus Prominent 5 Cooling 5x120mm Fans @ 700RPM + Zerotherm Fanless BTF95 CPU Cooler Hard Drives 1x 640GB Western Digital SATA
1x 2TB Seagate Barracuda Green SATA
3x 2TB Western Digital Caviar Green RS SATA
1x 1TB Hitachi DeskPlus External USB
1x 60GB Corsair SSD Internet Speed FO 1 Gbit/s Other Info Fan Controller Aerocool X-Vision 5
+ Laptop ASUS K52JK (Core i3-350m, 4GB DDR3, ATi 5145 1GB, 500GB HDD) powered by Windows 7 SP1 Ultimate x64
+ Samsung Galaxy SIII i9300, powered by Android 4.1.2
+ Samsung Galaxy SIII i9305 LTE, powered by Android 4.1.2
+ Asus Transformer Prime TF201, powered by Android 4.1.2
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I've tried your reg file to try and add the Wordpad.rtf file to the context menu but it's not showing up for some reason. I've tried ending all instances of the explorer process and restarting it. but no luck. Any Ideas?
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