Re: Registry tweak?

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For **every** other Microsoft program (e. g. Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.,
and others like Adobe Reader, when clicking on the document template in
TweakUI to remove the checkmark, the utility renames the Shellnew key to
Shellnew-. This ends the process of adding the application to the context
menu under "New." However for MS Streets and Trips, TweakUI actually deletes
the key. If I manually rename the key to Shellnew- in the registry, MS
streets and Trips adds a new Shellnew key adjacent to the renamed Shellnew-
key as you have stated below.

I was hoping to find a way to keep the MS S&T application from adding a new
key each time it opens. That hope is becoming the impossible dream. I guess
it is time to say, "uncle."


"Jon" <Email_Address@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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"P. H. Allen" <phasr1@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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....... I have been using TweakUI to handle
the problem ..............

.......Those keys can be controlled with an entry which will determine
true(1) or
false(0) and I needed to know how to implement the modification. It seems
that no one seems to have that knowledge at this newsgroup, or they are
remaining
silent.


Ok, I can see now how you may have gained the impression from TweakUI that
there is a simple on /off switch for 'New menu' entries.

What TweakUI does, when toggling the New menu entry between enabled and
disabled, is to rename the aforementioned 'ShellNew' key, *for a
particular extension* to 'ShellNew-', (ie it puts a hyphen on the end of
it). - thus rendering the registry entry , *for that particular extension
only* invalid.

eg for an extension, say xyz,

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.xyz\ShellNew
[or what is the same
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.xyz\ShellNew ]
it is renamed to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.xyz\ShellNew-

To delete the entry it removes the ShellNew key entirely.

When you run TweakUI, as well as noting 'ShellNew' keys, it also
highlights the 'ShellNew-' keys, and presents them to you as disabled
forms of the previous.

However, it would be a simple matter for a program to readd a legitimate
'ShellNew' key, which is what you are observing.


Jon





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  • Re: Registry tweak?
    ... checks that the ShellNew key has been correctly added. ... After opening the New menu a couple of times, the entry should have ... TweakUI actually deletes the key. ... If I manually rename the ...
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  • Re: Registry tweak?
    ... The success of this would depend on how thoroughly it checks that the ShellNew key has been correctly added. ... After opening the New menu a couple of times, the entry should have disappeared. ... However for MS Streets and Trips, TweakUI actually deletes the key. ... If I manually rename the key to Shellnew- in the registry, MS streets and Trips adds a new Shellnew key adjacent to the renamed Shellnew- key as you have stated below. ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.general)
  • Re: Registry tweak?
    ... The success of this would depend on how thoroughly it checks that the ShellNew key has been correctly added. ... the New menu a couple of times, the entry should have disappeared. ... However for MS Streets and Trips, TweakUI actually deletes the key. ... If I manually rename the key to Shellnew- in the registry, MS streets and Trips adds a new Shellnew key adjacent to the renamed Shellnew- key as you have stated below. ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.general)
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