New Context Menu - Remove & Restore Default Menu Items

How to Remove and Restore the Default "New" Context Menu Items in Windows 7 and Windows 8​

   Information

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

Download


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

Download


3. To Remove or Restore "Compressed (zipped) Folder"
A) Click/tap on the download button below to download the below.
Compressed_(zipped)_Folder_New_Context_Menu_Item.zip

Download


4. To Remove or Restore "Contact"
A) Click/tap on the download button below to download the below.
Contact_New_Context_Menu_Item.zip

Download


5. To Remove or Restore "Folder"
A) Click/tap on the download button below to download the below.
Folder_New_Context_Menu_Item.zip

Download


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

Download


7. To Remove or Restore "Library"
A) Click/tap on the download button below to download the below.
Library_New_Context_Menu_Item.zip

Download


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

Download


9. To Remove or Restore "Shortcut"
A) Click/tap on the download button below to download the below.
Shortcut_New_Context_Menu_Item.zip

Download


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

Download


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.
That's it,
Shawn

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[maranello]

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

here's a screen:

 

[Brink]

Hello Maranello, and welcome to Seven Forums.

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.

Hope this helps,
Shawn

 

[maranello]

hey, thanks alot Brink for your detailed answer

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

cheers

 

[Brink]

You're welcome Maranello. I'm happy to hear that's back to normal now.

 

[satchmo]

How do I remove the new Office documents (Word, Excel, etc) from the context menu?

 

[Brink]

Hello Sarchmo,

You can use the free program ShellExView to remove or disable those Context Menu "Types".

Hope this helps,
Shawn

 

[satchmo]

Thanks, Brink.

 

[Brink]

You're welcome.

 

[BleepingCrazy]

Hi Brink,

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?

 

[Brink]

Hello BleepingCrazy,

Do you have Office Word installed? If so, then that is why since it is the default program instead of WordPad to open RTF files with.

 

[BleepingCrazy]

nope...don't have any trace of office on this PC.

I just checked in the reg and the only entry is:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.rtf\ShellNew

@%ProgramFiles%\Windows NT\Accessories\WORDPAD.EXE,-213

 

[Brink]

Ok, try the RTF download in this tutorial to restore all of it's default associations to see of that may help with this afterwards.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/19449-default-file-type-associations-restore.html

 

[BleepingCrazy]

Once again...THANKS Brink! (Did what you said first, then had to remove > restore > remove > restore to get this one to work)

 

[Brink]

You're welcome BleepingCrazy. I'm happy to hear that you got it sorted out after a bit of fussing with it.

 

[Ianeon]

I switched on my computer and discovered that "folder" was missing and "briefcase" was in its place.

I downloaded "Folder_New_Context_Menu_Item.zip file." and installed that to bring back my "folder" but it didn't work.

I can delete/install "briefcase" but I can't bring back "folder" can you help please.

I am not a computer expert - thank you.

 

[Brink]

Hello Ianeon, and welcome to Seven Forums.

See if using the Folder download option in this tutorial below to restore all of it's default associations may be able to help with this as well.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/19449-default-file-type-associations-restore.html

If not, then try a system restore using a restore point dated when you know that Folder was still in the New context menu.

Hope this helps,
Shawn

 

[Ianeon]

Brink - Thank you very much for that advice.
Your first suggestion worked.

 

[Brink]

You're most welcome Ianeon. I'm happy to hear that you got it sorted out.

 

[jcvd]

Works perfectly, just wondering anyone figured out why it'd happened?