Solved Can't create shortcuts via Right-Click

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Hitman247m

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About a week ago I noticed that I could no longer right-click and create shortcuts. When I click on New > Shortcut, nothing happens, and I can't figure out why...

I'm running Vista Home Premium.

I would really appreciate it if someone could help me, its extremely aggravating.


Thanks :)
 

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it also sounds like your registry is messed up so that it's not offering you that choice anymore..
maybe there's an easy way u can edit the registry entry for the context menus inside windows explorer...i'm sure there must be.

i haven't done it, but i would imagine you'd be using REGEDIT for that purpose.
 

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    built myself & slaved over every last friggin wire ;)
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    dual AMD opteron 2384 (8 cores)
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    tyan THUNDER s2932-e
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    8 banks of kingston 4 GB PC6400 800 Mhz (32 GB total)
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    NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT (X2) SLI'd
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    Intel i7-8700K 5 GHz
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    ASUS ROG Maximus XI Formula Z390
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    64 GB (4x16GB) G.SKILL TridentZ RGB DDR4 3600 MHz (F4-3600C18D-32GTZR)
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    ASUS ROG-STRIX-GTX1080TI-O11G-GAMING
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    Integrated Digital Audio (S/PDIF)
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    2 x Samsung Odyssey G7 27"
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    16 GB DDR4-2133
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    NVIDIA GeForce 940MX
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    Conexant ISST Audio
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    17.3" UHD IPS touch
    Screen Resolution
    3480 x 2160
    Hard Drives
    512 GB M.2 SSD
Thanks for the helpful suggestions everyone. Unfortunately, nothing seems to be fixing it :(. I turned off system restore, so it looks like I have a fresh installation of vista in my very near future.
 

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    HP Pavilion dv6729ca Notebook
    Memory
    4gb
    Screen Resolution
    1280x800
    Mouse
    Razer Deathadder
Mike, I have updated the .reg file there to include more default registry settings for this. You might see if it may work now for you.
 

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  • Operating System
    Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
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    Custom
    CPU
    Intel i7-8700K 5 GHz
    Motherboard
    ASUS ROG Maximus XI Formula Z390
    Memory
    64 GB (4x16GB) G.SKILL TridentZ RGB DDR4 3600 MHz (F4-3600C18D-32GTZR)
    Graphics Card(s)
    ASUS ROG-STRIX-GTX1080TI-O11G-GAMING
    Sound Card
    Integrated Digital Audio (S/PDIF)
    Monitor(s) Displays
    2 x Samsung Odyssey G7 27"
    Screen Resolution
    2560x1440
    Hard Drives
    1TB Samsung 990 PRO M.2,
    4TB Samsung 990 PRO PRO M.2,
    8TB WD MyCloudEX2Ultra NAS
    PSU
    Seasonic Prime Titanium 850W
    Case
    Thermaltake Core P3
    Cooling
    Corsair Hydro H115i
    Keyboard
    Logitech wireless K800
    Mouse
    Logitech MX Master 3
    Internet Speed
    1 Gb/s Download and 35 Mb/s Upload
    Other Info
    Logitech Z625 speaker system,
    Logitech BRIO 4K Pro webcam,
    HP Color LaserJet Pro MFP M477fdn,
    APC SMART-UPS RT 1000 XL - SURT1000XLI,
    Galaxy S23 Plus phone
  • Operating System
    Windows 10 Pro
    Manufacturer/Model
    HP Envy Y0F94AV
    CPU
    i7-7500U @ 2.70 GHz
    Memory
    16 GB DDR4-2133
    Graphics card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce 940MX
    Sound Card
    Conexant ISST Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    17.3" UHD IPS touch
    Screen Resolution
    3480 x 2160
    Hard Drives
    512 GB M.2 SSD
Thank you, but that one doesn't seem to work either.
 

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  • Manufacturer/Model
    HP Pavilion dv6729ca Notebook
    Memory
    4gb
    Screen Resolution
    1280x800
    Mouse
    Razer Deathadder

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    Compaq Presario C700
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    Integrated Web-Camera
    (P.S. Have another custom-built PC with Win7 x64)
THANK YOU SO MUCH! that shortcut reg fixed worked perfectly!!! just wanted to thank the author for that...it fixed mine - I first exported my registry just to make sure...applied the patch with the new reg entries he mentioned and viola IMMEDIATELY after applying the patch I could begin making shortcuts again via the desktop!!!

a huge thanks
 

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You're most welcome Kjanine, and welcome to Vista Forums. :)

I hope that Hitman has it sorted by now as well.
 

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System One System Two

  • Operating System
    Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
    Manufacturer/Model
    Custom
    CPU
    Intel i7-8700K 5 GHz
    Motherboard
    ASUS ROG Maximus XI Formula Z390
    Memory
    64 GB (4x16GB) G.SKILL TridentZ RGB DDR4 3600 MHz (F4-3600C18D-32GTZR)
    Graphics Card(s)
    ASUS ROG-STRIX-GTX1080TI-O11G-GAMING
    Sound Card
    Integrated Digital Audio (S/PDIF)
    Monitor(s) Displays
    2 x Samsung Odyssey G7 27"
    Screen Resolution
    2560x1440
    Hard Drives
    1TB Samsung 990 PRO M.2,
    4TB Samsung 990 PRO PRO M.2,
    8TB WD MyCloudEX2Ultra NAS
    PSU
    Seasonic Prime Titanium 850W
    Case
    Thermaltake Core P3
    Cooling
    Corsair Hydro H115i
    Keyboard
    Logitech wireless K800
    Mouse
    Logitech MX Master 3
    Internet Speed
    1 Gb/s Download and 35 Mb/s Upload
    Other Info
    Logitech Z625 speaker system,
    Logitech BRIO 4K Pro webcam,
    HP Color LaserJet Pro MFP M477fdn,
    APC SMART-UPS RT 1000 XL - SURT1000XLI,
    Galaxy S23 Plus phone
  • Operating System
    Windows 10 Pro
    Manufacturer/Model
    HP Envy Y0F94AV
    CPU
    i7-7500U @ 2.70 GHz
    Memory
    16 GB DDR4-2133
    Graphics card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce 940MX
    Sound Card
    Conexant ISST Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    17.3" UHD IPS touch
    Screen Resolution
    3480 x 2160
    Hard Drives
    512 GB M.2 SSD
THANK YOU so much. I'm a computer wiz I FINALLY fixed sfc /scannow on my mom's Windows Vista 64bit and I'm slowly fixing it.

I have restarted the computer at least 5 times and scanned it using SFC It has SO MANY problems.

The right click new short cut wasn't working, I DO NOT like messing with the registry

But thanks to you IT WORKS :) thank you so much :)
 

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