re: Question about 'Clear Unwanted Entries from Explorer's New Menu' Wednesday, June 1, 2005 at 11:30 am Windows 2000 Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by davedave (1 messages posted) Some programs (like Paint Shop Pro) are evil and will "fix" the registry whenever it is launched. To prevent this, you can try using RegEdt32.exe to remove your permissions on the ShellNew registry key. On Wednesday, August 11, 2004 at 12:22 pm, Ken Gundry wrote: >I can remove unwanted new programs from the list I get by right clicking on the desktop >and choosing "new", either by deleting from the registry "shellnew" items corresponding >to the file extensions associated with those programs, as described in the article, >or via the new tab of TweakUI. > >However, when I actually run at least two of the programs, their "shellnew" lines >reappear, they reappear in the TweakUI new tab, and therefore of course they are >back in the list. > >What am I missing? > Written in response to: Question about 'Clear Unwanted Entries from Explorer's New Menu' (Ken Gundry: Wednesday, August 11, 2004 at 12:22 pm) Responses to this message: re: Question about 'Clear Unwanted Entries from Explorer's New Menu' (Ken Gundry: Wednesday, June 1, 2005 at 11:52 am) All messages in this thread [show all] Question about 'Clear Unwanted Entries from Explorer's New Menu' (Ken Gundry: Wed, Aug 11, 2004, 12:22 pm) re: Question about 'Clear Unwanted Entries from Explorer's New Menu' (davedave: Wed, Jun 1, 2005, 11:30 am) re: Question about 'Clear Unwanted Entries from Explorer's New Menu' (Ken Gundry: Wed, Jun 1, 2005, 11:52 am) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows 2000 Discussion Forum