New context menu

daystrom

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Vista newbie here. I'm running Ultimate 32 on my laptop and Ultimate 64 on my desktop and both exhibit the same thing.

Right clicking on the root of the C drive and selecting New only shows 'Folder'. If you drill deeper into the tree you eventually see all the default new context menu items.

Can you ONLY create a new folder using the context menu on the root? Say if I wanted to quickly make a text document on the root of the C drive on XP I could just right click and select new text document. On Vista the only choice is folder.

Thanks :D
 

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Hi daystrom and welcome to the forums :party:

This restriction only applies to the root of the system drive/partition (where Vista resides). On other drives/partitions, the full options are available.
 

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System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Dwarf Dwf/11/2012 r09/2013
    CPU
    Intel Core-i5-3570K 4-core @ 3.4GHz (Ivy Bridge) (OC 4.2GHz)
    Motherboard
    ASRock Z77 Extreme4-M
    Memory
    4 x 4GB DDR3-1600 Corsair Vengeance CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9B (16GB)
    Graphics Card(s)
    MSI GeForce GTX770 Gaming OC 2GB
    Sound Card
    Realtek High Definition on board solution (ALC 898)
    Monitor(s) Displays
    ViewSonic VA1912w Widescreen
    Screen Resolution
    1440x900
    Hard Drives
    OCZ Agility 3 120GB SATA III x2 (RAID 0)
    Samsung HD501LJ 500GB SATA II x2
    Hitachi HDS721010CLA332 1TB SATA II
    Iomega 1.5TB Ext USB 2.0
    WD 2.0TB Ext USB 3.0
    PSU
    XFX Pro Series 850W Semi-Modular
    Case
    Gigabyte IF233
    Cooling
    1 x 120mm Front Inlet 1 x 120mm Rear Exhaust
    Keyboard
    Microsoft Comfort Curve Keyboard 3000 (USB)
    Mouse
    Microsoft Comfort Mouse 3000 for Business (USB)
    Internet Speed
    NetGear DG834Gv3 ADSL Modem/Router (Ethernet) ~4.0 Mb/s (O2)
    Other Info
    Optical Drive: HL-DT-ST BD-RE BH10LS30 SATA Bluray
    Lexmark S305 Printer/Scanner/Copier (USB)
    WEI Score: 8.1/8.1/8.5/8.5/8.25
    Asus Eee PC 1011PX Netbook (Windows 7 x86 Starter)
Thanks for the quick reply. That was my feeling - glad to have it confirmed.

Edit: Seems like it applies to my second physical hard drive (D) on my desktop but not the second partition on my laptop.

Todd
 
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