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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.
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.
Compressed_(zipped)_Folder_New_Context_Menu_Item.zip
4. To Remove or Restore "Contact"
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.
That's it,