Word Pad (RTF) file in Conext Menu New

[wallaby]

How do I add an additional item into the Context Menu New list
I want to add one for RTF files that will invoke Word Pad.
I had it under XP, but I can't remember how it did it now.

 

[Mark L. Ferguson]

Adding and removing ShellNew entries in Windows Vista:
http://www.winhelponline.com/articl...moving-ShellNew-entries-in-Windows-Vista.html

(and in XP) Add items to the New menu (aka ShellNew entries):
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/shellnewadd.htm

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[wallaby]

Thanks Mark

Would have used Tweak UI on XP, TweakUI wont even install on my VistaBox let
alone run.

I've done more hacks on Vista in a week than I did on XP in 5 years. To the
extent that I've created a public\hacks directory for the ..reg & .patch
files. Now now I have to do another hack in order to made it easy to
document the other hacks.

Might see of one of the free tweakers does it, if I find one I'll let you
know - I think XP-SetPro might, but it's not available on this VistaBox.

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[Paul Montgomery]

Thanks Mark

Would have used Tweak UI on XP, TweakUI wont even install on my VistaBox let
alone run.

The URL he provided tells you how to run it on Vista. It works.

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Copy the following to Notepad, save the file with .reg extension.
Double-click to run the REG file. This adds a "Rich Text Document" to the
New menu.

---
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.rtf]
@="rtffile"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.rtf\OpenWithList\WordPad.exe]
@=""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.rtf\ShellNew]
"Data"="{\\rtf1}"

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Regards,

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

 

[wallaby]

Muchas Apologia
I missed the checking of the "Compatability->PrivilegeLevel->Run this
program as administrator"
Thanks Paul, Sorry Mark

 

[wallaby]

Thanks Ramesh - but after getting Paul's nudge I was able get TweakUI to
work, see my response to Paul.

Copy the following to Notepad, save the file with .reg extension.
Double-click to run the REG file. This adds a "Rich Text Document" to the
New menu.

---
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.rtf]
@="rtffile"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.rtf\OpenWithList\WordPad.exe]
@=""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.rtf\ShellNew]
"Data"="{\\rtf1}"

---


--
Regards,

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

Thanks Mark

Would have used Tweak UI on XP, TweakUI wont even install on my VistaBox
let alone run.

I've done more hacks on Vista in a week than I did on XP in 5 years. To
the extent that I've created a public\hacks directory for the ..reg &
.patch files. Now now I have to do another hack in order to made it
easy to document the other hacks.

Might see of one of the free tweakers does it, if I find one I'll let you
know - I think XP-SetPro might, but it's not available on this VistaBox.

 

[Paul Montgomery]

Muchas Apologia
I missed the checking of the "Compatability->PrivilegeLevel->Run this
program as administrator"
Thanks Paul, Sorry Mark

We all are guilty of reading too fast every now and then. Glad it
worked for you.

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Thanks for the update, wallaby.

--
Regards,

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

Thanks Ramesh - but after getting Paul's nudge I was able get TweakUI to
work, see my response to Paul.

Copy the following to Notepad, save the file with .reg extension.
Double-click to run the REG file. This adds a "Rich Text Document" to the
New menu.

---
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.rtf]
@="rtffile"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.rtf\OpenWithList\WordPad.exe]
@=""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.rtf\ShellNew]
"Data"="{\\rtf1}"

---


--
Regards,

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

 

[Synapse Syndrome]

Thanks for the update, wallaby.

Is it wise to run TweakUI for XP on Vista? I assume that a few of the
registry keys are in different places now, or some of the settings are not
relevant.

ss.

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

The "Templates" setting (in TweakUI) works fine in Windows Vista, as the
"ShellNew" registry location hasn't changed in Vista.

As for using TweakUI in Windows Vista to modify other settings, I don't
recommended it. You can see a warning attached in article
(http://www.winhelponline.com/articl...moving-ShellNew-entries-in-Windows-Vista.html).

 

[wallaby]

I can confirm that the first icon tweak does not work on Vista, strict
sorting on name seems to be the order of the day

TweakVi free seems to do much of what TweakUI did on XP, barring the New
tweak.

Perhaps not many people use New - I tend to decide on the name of something
and where it's going before I create it, I suspect most other folks do the
creating and then decide on its name and where its going.

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wallaby

"Program testing can be used to show the presence of bugs, but never to show
their absence!" - Ed Dijkstra

The "Templates" setting (in TweakUI) works fine in Windows Vista, as the
"ShellNew" registry location hasn't changed in Vista.

As for using TweakUI in Windows Vista to modify other settings, I don't
recommended it. You can see a warning attached in article
(http://www.winhelponline.com/articl...moving-ShellNew-entries-in-Windows-Vista.html).

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Regards,

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

Is it wise to run TweakUI for XP on Vista? I assume that a few of the
registry keys are in different places now, or some of the settings are
not relevant.

ss.