No "New Text File" in Explorer context menu.


  1. radorn
    Posts : 9
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1
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    No "New Text File" in Explorer context menu.


    Somehow I lost the ability to create new emty text files from the context menu.

    Any help on how to restore it?

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    Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00


[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.txt]
"PerceivedType"="text"
@="txtfile"
"Content Type"="text/plain"


[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.txt\PersistentHandler]
@="{5e941d80-bf96-11cd-b579-08002b30bfeb}"


[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.txt\ShellNew]
"ItemName"=hex(2):40,00,25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,\
  6f,00,74,00,25,00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,\
  00,6e,00,6f,00,74,00,65,00,70,00,61,00,64,00,2e,00,65,00,78,00,65,00,2c,00,\
  2d,00,34,00,37,00,30,00,00,00
"NullFile"=""
    Last edited by radorn; 02 Jul 2022 at 23:25.
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  3. SIW2
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    I am sure there is one of Brink's tutorials on this site which covers that.
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  4. LostOnTheLine
    Posts : 5
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit, Windows 7 Ultimate 32bit
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    SIW2 said:
    I am sure there is one of Brink's tutorials on this site which covers that.
    I'm trying to create a "Blank File" context menu. I can do it by adding a NoExtension String to \HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.txt\ShellNew\Config But that creates a blank file named "New Text Document" without an extension. This works, but I'd like to 1.) not remove the ability to add a `.txt` file, & 2.) Have it's default value be "Blank File" rather than "New Text Document"

    I've been looking for a tutorial on how to create a new context menu item... But they are just to add them to an existing file type. I could easily just pick a random extension I don't use & have it set to "NoExtension" but you mention a tutorial that may lead me where I want to end up. Can you link to it?
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