Remove entries from the "new" file context menu?

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Guest

in previous versions of Windows, users could add or remove file types from
the "New" context menu (accessed in File Explorer by right mouse clicking,
then selecting "new".) In Vista, I've got a bunch of file types in there
that I'd like to remove, so that I only have the ones I use regularly.
WinZip, for example, puts three entries in there, all called "WinZip", but
clicking them creates a new type (.zip, .tar, etc.) I've searched high and
low but can't figure out how to do this! With no tweakUI PowerToy or
anything, does anyone know how to do this?
 
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carl feredeck

the powetoy for xp works in that reguard still, if you run it in xpsp2
compatibility mode.
I have done this by copying the tueakui.exe from an xp machine to vista so I
didnt have to install it.
You can aslo unpack the msi tweakui installer with "universal extractor"...
google for those words
 
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Guest

Sweet! I didn't even think about trying that. I have several XP machines
here, so I just copied the TweakUI.exe from one to my Vista Business laptop,
and ran it. You're right! Thanks, that fixes my issue until Microsoft
(hopefully!) comes out with a proper TweakUI for Vista.
 

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