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Wiley Coyote

G'day. For some reason, when I right click the Desktop, I can no longer
"Create a New Text Document". TXT extensions are registered with Notepad.

This just happened this AM.

Any Ideas???

TX
 
Hi

Do you get an error message when you try to create a new text file?

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Click Start, Run, type without quotes 'regedit' and press Enter. Do you have a HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.txt\ShellNew key? If not, create it from Edit, New, Key. Note that the key must contain a 'NullFile' (be careful, it is case sensitive) string value with no content. Create it too if it is not present.
 
I don't get an error message, because there is no option to CREATE a New
Text Document!

Wiley
 
I have the following key: HKCR\.txt\shell that has a REG_SZ with no value
set. Do I add ShellNew?

TX.

Click Start, Run, type without quotes 'regedit' and press Enter. Do you have
a HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.txt\ShellNew key? If not, create it from Edit, New,
Key. Note that the key must contain a 'NullFile' (be careful, it is case
sensitive) string value with no content. Create it too if it is not present.
 
Yes. And add a 'NullFile' string value with no content. You don't even have to restart the computer to see the results.
 
Alternately, the .TXT file association fix here will do the trick:
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/file_assoc.htm

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Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Window XP Shell/User
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k


I have the following key: HKCR\.txt\shell that has a REG_SZ with no value
set. Do I add ShellNew?

TX.

Click Start, Run, type without quotes 'regedit' and press Enter. Do you have
a HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.txt\ShellNew key? If not, create it from Edit, New,
Key. Note that the key must contain a 'NullFile' (be careful, it is case
sensitive) string value with no content. Create it too if it is not present.
 
Here is an extract of my registry key fot .TXT. It didn't fix it up. Any
other ideas?

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.txt]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.txt\shell]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.txt\shell\open]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.txt\shell\open\command]
@="notepad.exe %1"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.txt\ShellNew]
"NullFile"=""


TX
Wiley

Yes. And add a 'NullFile' string value with no content. You don't even have
to restart the computer to see the results.
 
Wiley,

Get the .txt association fix from the link I posted earlier.

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Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User

Windows XP Troubleshooting
http://www.winhelponline.com


Here is an extract of my registry key fot .TXT. It didn't fix it up. Any
other ideas?

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.txt]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.txt\shell]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.txt\shell\open]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.txt\shell\open\command]
@="notepad.exe %1"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.txt\ShellNew]
"NullFile"=""


TX
Wiley

Yes. And add a 'NullFile' string value with no content. You don't even have
to restart the computer to see the results.
 
Thanks Ramesh. This fixed it.

Cheers,
Wiley

Ramesh said:
Alternately, the .TXT file association fix here will do the trick:
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/file_assoc.htm

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Window XP Shell/User
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k


I have the following key: HKCR\.txt\shell that has a REG_SZ with no value
set. Do I add ShellNew?

TX.

Click Start, Run, type without quotes 'regedit' and press Enter. Do you
have
a HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.txt\ShellNew key? If not, create it from Edit, New,
Key. Note that the key must contain a 'NullFile' (be careful, it is case
sensitive) string value with no content. Create it too if it is not
present.
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