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Old 07-22-2007   #1 (permalink)
Hans


 
 

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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Old 07-22-2007   #2 (permalink)
carl feredeck


 
 

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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Old 07-22-2007   #3 (permalink)
Hans


 
 

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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