Can I Remove the Listings in the NEW Right-Click Context Menu?

[J. Danniel]

Hello, I'm using Vista Home Premium.

I was wondering if there is currently a way to remove all of the
listings in the NEW right-click context menu, except for FOLDER.

(For example, I have 19 listings, excluding FOLDER, with Briefcase
being the last one.)

If there is a way, what is the procedure? Does it require editing
registry keys? That's no problem, as long as I know which keys to
edit, and how.

With XP, the TweakUI power toy had such an option. There isn't such a
utility yet for Vista, is there? Is there an official ETA for a
Vista TweakUI yet?

Thank you!

 

[Jon]

Hello, I'm using Vista Home Premium.

I was wondering if there is currently a way to remove all of the
listings in the NEW right-click context menu, except for FOLDER.

(For example, I have 19 listings, excluding FOLDER, with Briefcase
being the last one.)

If there is a way, what is the procedure? Does it require editing
registry keys? That's no problem, as long as I know which keys to
edit, and how.

With XP, the TweakUI power toy had such an option. There isn't such a
utility yet for Vista, is there? Is there an official ETA for a
Vista TweakUI yet?

Thank you!

That's correct. They're registry keys. The same procedures works as with XP.

You basically remove the 'ShellNew' key for the particular extension under

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT
which is the same as
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\

 

[J. Danniel]

Hello.

Are you saying deleting one registry key will delete everything?
Or do you mean I have to do 19 key deletions?

Thank you.

 

[Jon]

One for each extension. They're independent entries.

 

[J. Danniel]

I see that now. Far too many to sift through, to find the ones I need
removed.

Am I correct in assuming there's no way to streamline or automate this
procedure?

 

[Jon]

I see that now. Far too many to sift through, to find the ones I need
removed.

Am I correct in assuming there's no way to streamline or automate this
procedure?

It can be done easily via script. I use one here that prompts for an
extension and then deletes the relevant entries - and conversely another one
that adds relevant entries for programs that I want eg for quick creation of
batch files, VBscript files, Powershell scripts etc.

If you're familiar with any programming languages, then it's not too
difficult a task to achieve, although the adding is slightly more complex
than the deleting, since you need to add text entries too for the particular
entries (ie the actual text that you see when you right-click > New... )

 

[DanS]

I see that now. Far too many to sift through, to find the ones I need
removed.

Yes, it's soooooo hard to find the extensions when they are listed in
alphabetical order.


(yes, that is sarcastic)

 

[J. Danniel]

Tell ya what...you come over and keep pressing the F3 key while I do
something a bit more constructive...like use Windows XP.

(yes, that is sarcastic also)

 

[J. Danniel]

By the way...just for the record....

I've been using these Microsoft Usenet newsgroups for years, and
you're the first person ever who's given me a wiseass answer.

I congratulate you.

With that said, I'm sure you'd like to have the last word.

Hopefully, it's herpes.

 

[David]

By the way...just for the record....

I've been using these Microsoft Usenet newsgroups for years, and
you're the first person ever who's given me a wiseass answer.

I congratulate you.

With that said, I'm sure you'd like to have the last word.

Hopefully, it's herpes.

Ok, I'll jump in here with a few unwanted observations:
1. You crossposted.
2,. You were whining too much, thereby eliciting a light hearted, yet
sarcastic response.
3. You made too much of a big deal of that sarcasm (a form of humor to
some).
4. You got nasty.
5. You lied--if you have been posting for "years" online with your
attitude, I can guarantee that someone has gotten under your craw long
before today.

I see your type on line nearly every day, in many different forums and
NG's. I nearly always avoid responding to them, as they never seem to
care about spreading their ill will. They won't reform, and I have
absolutely ZERO expectation that you can see yourself as others see you.

Dave

 

[DanS]

By the way...just for the record....

I've been using these Microsoft Usenet newsgroups for years, and
you're the first person ever who's given me a wiseass answer.

Great. You probably never made a huge to-do over nothing before.

I congratulate you.
Thanks.


With that said, I'm sure you'd like to have the last word.

Hopefully, it's herpes.

No, the last word is I still can't understand how hard it is to delete
the 'new' entries this way.

I see Access Database in the 'New' menu and I don't want it there.

I open regedit, expand HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT and the first thing I see is a
list of extensions in alphabetical order.

..$$$
..$A
..001
..004 etc....

I scroll down a few pages to .mdb, expand, right-click 'shellnew',
delete, done. 15 seconds.

Even if the entire operation takes 10 minutes to do all of them, that
doesn't seem like a lot of work to me.

You know what is a lot of work.......completely removing Symantec
products from your PC. Now *THAT* is a lot of work.

 

[Tom Keller]

By the way...just for the record....

I've been using these Microsoft Usenet newsgroups for years, and
you're the first person ever who's given me a wiseass answer.

I congratulate you.

With that said, I'm sure you'd like to have the last word.

Hopefully, it's herpes.

That is a sad sad statement. You should really apologize.