Right clicking on the Win XP desktop brings up a context sensitive menu that
allows you to created new items on the desktop (i.e., folders, Word
documents, etc). How can I add to or modifiy this list of new items?

For folders,open control-panel,folder options,file types tab,scroll thru &
locate
item to modify.

"T.Moore" wrote:

> Right clicking on the Win XP desktop brings up a context sensitive menu that
> allows you to created new items on the desktop (i.e., folders, Word
> documents, etc). How can I add to or modifiy this list of new items?

"T.Moore" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:8E9679F0-F811-4D8E-BAE9-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Right clicking on the Win XP desktop brings up a context sensitive menu
> that
> allows you to created new items on the desktop (i.e., folders, Word
> documents, etc). How can I add to or modifiy this list of new items?

Download, install & run Microsoft's TweakUI PowerToy from
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/D...powertoys.mspx.
What you're after can be controlled from the "Templates" section on the
left.

That's a nice utility. Strange thing though, I works on everything except
Notepad. I was missing a Notepad.txt file in the Templates folder and added
one, but still the same problem. Anymore ideas? Or does anyone know where the
"new" items are stored? Possibly in the registry?

Thanks
Terry

"Olórin" wrote:

> "T.Moore" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:8E9679F0-F811-4D8E-BAE9-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Right clicking on the Win XP desktop brings up a context sensitive menu
> > that
> > allows you to created new items on the desktop (i.e., folders, Word
> > documents, etc). How can I add to or modifiy this list of new items?
>
> Download, install & run Microsoft's TweakUI PowerToy from
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/D...powertoys.mspx.
> What you're after can be controlled from the "Templates" section on the
> left.
>
>
>

Hi Terry,

The "Text Document" entry is listed by default in the "New" menu in Windows
XP. If it's missing in your system, download and run the TXT association fix
from here:

http://www.dougknox.com/xp/file_assoc.htm

See also:

Add or remove entries in the New objects list (ShellNew):
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/shellnew.htm

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
The Winhelponline Blog: http://www.winhelponline.com/blog
Windows® Troubleshooting: http://www.winhelponline.com


"T.Moore" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news7B15D9A-3233-4852-A6F3-(E-Mail Removed)...
> That's a nice utility. Strange thing though, I works on everything except
> Notepad. I was missing a Notepad.txt file in the Templates folder and
> added
> one, but still the same problem. Anymore ideas? Or does anyone know where
> the
> "new" items are stored? Possibly in the registry?
>
> Thanks
> Terry
>
> "Olórin" wrote:
>
>> "T.Moore" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:8E9679F0-F811-4D8E-BAE9-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> > Right clicking on the Win XP desktop brings up a context sensitive menu
>> > that
>> > allows you to created new items on the desktop (i.e., folders, Word
>> > documents, etc). How can I add to or modifiy this list of new items?
>>
>> Download, install & run Microsoft's TweakUI PowerToy from
>> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/D...powertoys.mspx.
>> What you're after can be controlled from the "Templates" section on the
>> left.
>>
>>
>>

Thanks Ramesh. ShellNew in the registry was the problem. I had a corrupted
entry.

Thanks again,
Terry

"Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote:

> Hi Terry,
>
> The "Text Document" entry is listed by default in the "New" menu in Windows
> XP. If it's missing in your system, download and run the TXT association fix
> from here:
>
> http://www.dougknox.com/xp/file_assoc.htm
>
> See also:
>
> Add or remove entries in the New objects list (ShellNew):
> http://windowsxp.mvps.org/shellnew.htm
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
> The Winhelponline Blog: http://www.winhelponline.com/blog
> Windows® Troubleshooting: http://www.winhelponline.com
>
>
> "T.Moore" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news7B15D9A-3233-4852-A6F3-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > That's a nice utility. Strange thing though, I works on everything except
> > Notepad. I was missing a Notepad.txt file in the Templates folder and
> > added
> > one, but still the same problem. Anymore ideas? Or does anyone know where
> > the
> > "new" items are stored? Possibly in the registry?
> >
> > Thanks
> > Terry
> >
> > "Olórin" wrote:
> >
> >> "T.Moore" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> >> news:8E9679F0-F811-4D8E-BAE9-(E-Mail Removed)...
> >> > Right clicking on the Win XP desktop brings up a context sensitive menu
> >> > that
> >> > allows you to created new items on the desktop (i.e., folders, Word
> >> > documents, etc). How can I add to or modifiy this list of new items?
> >>
> >> Download, install & run Microsoft's TweakUI PowerToy from
> >> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/D...powertoys.mspx.
> >> What you're after can be controlled from the "Templates" section on the
> >> left.
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>

You're welcome Terry.

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
The Winhelponline Blog: http://www.winhelponline.com/blog
Windows® Troubleshooting: http://www.winhelponline.com


"T.Moore" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:747549E4-161C-4F89-89F7-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Thanks Ramesh. ShellNew in the registry was the problem. I had a corrupted
> entry.
>
> Thanks again,
> Terry
>
> "Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote:
>
>> Hi Terry,
>>
>> The "Text Document" entry is listed by default in the "New" menu in
>> Windows
>> XP. If it's missing in your system, download and run the TXT association
>> fix
>> from here:
>>
>> http://www.dougknox.com/xp/file_assoc.htm
>>
>> See also:
>>
>> Add or remove entries in the New objects list (ShellNew):
>> http://windowsxp.mvps.org/shellnew.htm
>>
>> --
>> Regards,
>>
>> Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
>> The Winhelponline Blog: http://www.winhelponline.com/blog
>> Windows® Troubleshooting: http://www.winhelponline.com
>>
>>
>> "T.Moore" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news7B15D9A-3233-4852-A6F3-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> > That's a nice utility. Strange thing though, I works on everything
>> > except
>> > Notepad. I was missing a Notepad.txt file in the Templates folder and
>> > added
>> > one, but still the same problem. Anymore ideas? Or does anyone know
>> > where
>> > the
>> > "new" items are stored? Possibly in the registry?
>> >
>> > Thanks
>> > Terry
>> >
>> > "Olórin" wrote:
>> >
>> >> "T.Moore" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> >> news:8E9679F0-F811-4D8E-BAE9-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> >> > Right clicking on the Win XP desktop brings up a context sensitive
>> >> > menu
>> >> > that
>> >> > allows you to created new items on the desktop (i.e., folders, Word
>> >> > documents, etc). How can I add to or modifiy this list of new items?
>> >>
>> >> Download, install & run Microsoft's TweakUI PowerToy from
>> >> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/D...powertoys.mspx.
>> >> What you're after can be controlled from the "Templates" section on
>> >> the
>> >> left.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>>
>>
>>