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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[Brink]

You're welcome, and welcome to Seven Forums. Glad it could help.

 

[Renee A]

Thanks a lot I have been working on this for days and now my problem is solved using the download method and I was so ecstatic that it actually worked.........u are the best.

 

[Brink]

You're most welcome Renee, and welcome to Seven Forums.

 

[Scottfree]

Your Info fixed my issue

Your fix worked perfectly first time out of the box. Thanks for save !

 

[Brink]

Glad it could help. Welcome to Seven Forums Scottfree.

 

[MIKLO]

Thanks for your help this has been driving me crazy..... I was close but not close enough,so thanks for all the hard work to make this site helpful.Although I gotta say it was easier to fix my context menu than to sign up here and post a comment :sarc: But 4real thanks a lot.
MIKLO

 

[Brink]

Hello Miklo, and welcome to Seven Forums. I'm sorry to hear that you had a hard time registering. What was the problem?

 

[MIKLO]

Im sorry it wasn't that bad, only I want to post something here and after I register I couldn't find my way back to this forum. I suppose I expect it to bring me back to where I was after register and it not do this,but no worries and thank for your concern.Is a very well done site with much information.

MIKLO

 

[glasswitch]

I am so happy that your fix worked straight away- thank you so much!!

 

[Brink]

You're most welcome glasswitch, and welcome to Seven Forums.

 

[Jailbird]

Nice topic Shawn.

 

[fanaudi]

Excellent topic Brink . I found here my solution to the " missing new text document " issue . Many thanks . Best regards , Chris .

 

[Brink]

Glad it could help Chris.

 

[KC13]

THANK YOU!!!! Just noticed today that my New menu was missing text file and rich text file. Tried many, many solutions to no avail then found the above. Worked like a charm!!!

Edit, now to make it create a Notepad++ file as default.
Edit2, Hmm, .txt files used to have the Notepad++ icon, now Notepad++ opens the file, but the icon is the default Notepad one.

 

[KC13]

Update: I couldn't find a way to make the icon anything but the default text icon. Until today that is. Without doing anything at all, text file icons are now showing as Notepad++ icons. Weird.......

EDIT: Even stranger, the New Menu also lost the Text Document menu again. I had to use the above to reinstate it. Gotta love MS!

 

[EmmaRoyd]

i joined Because of the tutorials

 

[rimes]

Just wanted to say that I have been trying forever to find a way to fix File Explorer so I have the ability to add a new folder. Yours was the only fix I found that worked. Thanks much

 

[Brink]

I'm glad it was able to help rimes, and welcome to Seven Forums.

 

[henryg]

A big thank you for helping me restore my shortcut item which had become corrupted. It was driving me crazy trying to fix it. I did loads of searching and only today found this post via an indirect reference.

 

[Brink]

You're most welcome Henry. I'm glad it could help.