Re: Right-click - new text document missing...

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Customize Context Menus


A Context Menu is what you see when you use the right mouse button to
click on a file, folder, application titlebar, or nearly any other
object on the screen. Most of the time, this menu includes a list of
actions appropriate to the object on which you've clicked. For file
icons, the context menu depends upon the type of file. Usually, you'll
see Copy, Paste, Delete, Rename, Open, and Properties (among others).
You may have noticed that programs like MicroHelp PowerDesk and Norton
Navigator are able to add their own items, extending the power of the
context menu paradigm. Here's how to add you're own options to these
menus:

For file icons (Windows Me/2000/XP):
a.. Select Folder Options from the Tools menu in My Computer or
Explorer, and click the File Types tab.
b.. Highlight the desired file type, and click Advanced.
c.. Here, you can specify a new name for this file type (to be listed
in the type column in Explorer), as well as the default icon for files
of this type.
d.. In the box entitled Actions, is a list of the customizable context
menu items. The bold item is the default (the action carried out when
you double-click on a file of this type).
e.. You can add new items, change the default action, and remove
unwanted items here. For new items, simply specify the program with
which you want the action caried out.
HTH
rgds

Li'l Roberto




"Steve Evans" <no@spam> wrote in message
news:eai7815uc50dfdjf9u9rmq243ndt81k7r7@xxxxxxxxxx
>I have somehow removed the ability to create new documents from the
> right-click 'new' context menu, and text file is something I use quite
> often. Having trawled through various sites, tried various system
> utils and reg-editing, I have finally admitted defeat....I can't work
> out how to restore this function!
> If anyone can help, I would be most grateful
>
> Cheers
>
> --
> steve <AT> steveevans <DOT> org


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