How can I add an item to the 'new' context menu?
Solution 1:
To add extensions of your choice to the list: create a file, add the content below, save it as whatever.reg, and run it.
Note: Replace .png with the file extension you want to add and replace whatever with anything you want.
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.png\ShellNew]
"NullFile"=""
Source
Solution 2:
One more thing:
If you want to add a file as a template for the new item, use
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.html\ShellNew]
"FileName"="html.html"
and then place the file (html.html) in:
- For your own profile:
%Userprofile%\Templates - For all users:
%Allusersprofile%\Templates - For the whole system:
%Systemroot%\ShellNew
One more detail: if you want to delete the "Windows Live Call" entry, use:
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.wlcshrtctv2\LiveCall\ShellNew]
Solution 3:
ShellNewHandler helped me to restore my Windows 7 shell menu > New > txt document entry.
- Uncheck .txt
- Click Apply
- Check .txt
- Click Apply