System32\SHELLNEW folder

[Guest]

It's been a while since I had a look at my Windows folder on my XPHome SP2
PC. Under System32 there is a folder called SHELLNEW, and all it has in it
are only a few very old MS Office document files from way before I bought the
machine secondhand.

Is it necessary to have a SHELLNEW folder?, and, can I safely remove it?

 

[Detlev Dreyer]

It's been a while since I had a look at my Windows folder on my XPHome
SP2 PC. Under System32 there is a folder called SHELLNEW, and all it
has in it are only a few very old MS Office document files from way
before I bought the machine secondhand.

If you bought the machine secondhand, you flattened any existing system
hopefully.

Is it necessary to have a SHELLNEW folder?

Yes, if you are interested in the templates in the context menu > New.
However, that folder is located in the %windir% folder by default rather
than the %windir%\System32 folder.

and, can I safely remove it?

As a rule of thumb, removing system folders is not a good idea at all.

 

[Judess69er]

That really doesn't seem like a plausible explanation for that shellnew folder in my WINDOWS directory because the only things inside the folder is an AutoIt v3 script and a blank Journal file