Re: Windows XP Explorer: how to restore "Text Document" to New...

Nevermind! I was so focused on looking for "Text Document" in Templates that
I didn't even notice the "Text" listing above it. When I deleted Text (I had
only previously disabled Text Document as an experiment so it was never
really gone) my problem was solved!
Although it would still be useful to know how to create a new listing here.
When you click Create, what sort of template file are you supposed to Open?
Thanks.
JP

"Elmo" wrote:

JPCMISC wrote:
Ramesh,
I tried this just now and it did not work.
Note that I do NOT need to fix the file 'association' (I can open up
existing text files with no problem using Notepad, Wordpad, etc), but I need
to fix 'whatever' makes Explorer show only "Text" in the right-clicked pop-up
'New' file list, so that it shows "Text Document" instead and thus lets me
create a .txt file (called "New Document.txt" or something).
Any other ideas?
JP

"Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote:

Download and apply the .TXT association fix from here:
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/file_assoc.htm

"JPCMISC" <JPCMISC@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:BAF59A26-24E6-421A-B78D-29838DE831E3@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I want to create a new ASCII text file within a folder (like a Notepad file).
But somehow, in the last few months, my Explorer window only gives me the
option to create a new "Text", which results in an error when I select it.
It used to give me the option of creating a new "Text Document". The error
it gives when I select "Text" is this:

Unable to create the file "New Text.*"
The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect.

So, how do I fix this so that it knows to create a new .txt file in my
folder? The other options it lists, like Word docs, Excel docs, etc., all
still work as before.

From what I've read, TweakUI for XP might fix it:

"Try Tweakui for XP. It is one of the MS powertoys created for XP and
can be downloaded from here
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/powertoys.asp "

More posts I found:

http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.win98.shell/browse_thread/thread/f98dc7f016418a27/7af1cae522b3cd4a?lnk=st&q=add+program+to+new+context+menu#7af1cae522b3cd4a

Continue the search here:

http://groups.google.com/groups/search?q=add+program+to+new+context+menu&start=20&sa=N&;

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Joe =o)

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