Annoyances.org
Home » Reducing Clutter » Article 05-010 Search | Help | Home
  
Clear Unwanted Entries from Explorer's New Menu

Intended For
Windows Vista
Windows XP
Windows 2003
Windows 2000
Windows Me
Windows 98
Windows 95
If you right-click on the desktop or an open folder (or click on the File menu in Explorer) and choose New, you will be presented with a list of registered file types that can created on the spot. Basically, Explorer will just create a new, empty file (sometimes with a special template) with the appropriate extension in that location. Most of us will not need to be creating new Ami Pro documents on the fly, and there is a way to remove these unwanted entries.

  • Run the Registry Editor (REGEDIT.EXE).
  • Select Find from the Edit menu, type ShellNew, and press OK.
  • Every ShellNew that is found will be a branch of a particular file type. If that file type is not wanted in the New menu, delete the entire ShellNew branch.
  • Repeat this for every unwanted tile type, and close the Registry Editor when finished.

  • Note: New templates can also be removed (and created) with TweakUI.

Tip: If you don't want to mess with the Registry, use File Type Doctor, part of Creative Element Power Tools. Click Help for instructions.


Written by: Annoyances.org
Last updated: Wednesday, February 7, 2007

Care to discuss this article with other Windows users? Select your operating system here, and click Continue to post your question.

Previous discussions about this article:
(open a message to see applicable responses, if any)

Return to "Reducing Clutter"

All content at Annoyances.org is Copyright © 1995-2008 Creative Elementtm All rights reserved.
Please do not plagiarize; redistributing these pages without permission is strictly prohibited.