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

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"Bob I" <birelan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Set Notepad to be the default "text file" editor and you should have it
> back, unless you've really hosed things up.
>
> Steve Evans wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 13 May 2005 11:21:15 +0930, "Li'l Roberto"
>> <whoisit@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Courtesy of Annoyances .org
>>>
>>>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
>>>
>>
>>
>> Sorry, slight misunderstanding here....
>> I don't mean right clicking on a text file, but on a blank area of the
>> desktop (or explorer), and then selecting 'new -> text document'. The
>> latter option is no longer there, and no amount of registry editing or
>> tweakxp'ing has so far managed to restore it.
>>
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