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Remove entries from the "new" file context menu?
  1. #1


    Hans Guest

    Remove entries from the "new" file context menu?

    in previous versions of Windows, users could add or remove file types from
    the "New" context menu (accessed in File Explorer by right mouse clicking,
    then selecting "new".) In Vista, I've got a bunch of file types in there
    that I'd like to remove, so that I only have the ones I use regularly.
    WinZip, for example, puts three entries in there, all called "WinZip", but
    clicking them creates a new type (.zip, .tar, etc.) I've searched high and
    low but can't figure out how to do this! With no tweakUI PowerToy or
    anything, does anyone know how to do this?



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  2. #2


    carl feredeck Guest

    Re: Remove entries from the "new" file context menu?

    the powetoy for xp works in that reguard still, if you run it in xpsp2
    compatibility mode.
    I have done this by copying the tueakui.exe from an xp machine to vista so I
    didnt have to install it.
    You can aslo unpack the msi tweakui installer with "universal extractor"...
    google for those words


    "Hans" <Hans@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
    news:82D61B66-2425-4024-8D45-B459699642F4@microsoft.com...
    > in previous versions of Windows, users could add or remove file types from
    > the "New" context menu (accessed in File Explorer by right mouse clicking,
    > then selecting "new".) In Vista, I've got a bunch of file types in there
    > that I'd like to remove, so that I only have the ones I use regularly.
    > WinZip, for example, puts three entries in there, all called "WinZip", but
    > clicking them creates a new type (.zip, .tar, etc.) I've searched high
    > and
    > low but can't figure out how to do this! With no tweakUI PowerToy or
    > anything, does anyone know how to do this?




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  3. #3


    Hans Guest

    Re: Remove entries from the "new" file context menu?

    Sweet! I didn't even think about trying that. I have several XP machines
    here, so I just copied the TweakUI.exe from one to my Vista Business laptop,
    and ran it. You're right! Thanks, that fixes my issue until Microsoft
    (hopefully!) comes out with a proper TweakUI for Vista.

    "carl feredeck" wrote:

    > the powetoy for xp works in that reguard still, if you run it in xpsp2
    > compatibility mode.
    > I have done this by copying the tueakui.exe from an xp machine to vista so I
    > didnt have to install it.
    > You can aslo unpack the msi tweakui installer with "universal extractor"...
    > google for those words
    >
    >
    > "Hans" <Hans@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
    > news:82D61B66-2425-4024-8D45-B459699642F4@microsoft.com...
    > > in previous versions of Windows, users could add or remove file types from
    > > the "New" context menu (accessed in File Explorer by right mouse clicking,
    > > then selecting "new".) In Vista, I've got a bunch of file types in there
    > > that I'd like to remove, so that I only have the ones I use regularly.
    > > WinZip, for example, puts three entries in there, all called "WinZip", but
    > > clicking them creates a new type (.zip, .tar, etc.) I've searched high
    > > and
    > > low but can't figure out how to do this! With no tweakUI PowerToy or
    > > anything, does anyone know how to do this?

    >
    >
    >


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