Can I Remove the Listings in the NEW Right-Click Context M..

J. Danniel · External Since: May 06, 2007 Posts: 20

Hello, I'm using Vista Home Premium.

I was wondering if there is currently a way to remove all of the
listings in the NEW right-click context menu, except for FOLDER.

(For example, I have 19 listings, excluding FOLDER, with Briefcase
being the last one.)

If there is a way, what is the procedure? Does it require editing
registry keys? That's no problem, as long as I know which keys to
edit, and how.

With XP, the TweakUI power toy had such an option. There isn't such a
utility yet for Vista, is there? Is there an official ETA for a
Vista TweakUI yet?

Thank you!

Jon · External Since: Jan 17, 2007 Posts: 703

"J. Danniel" <jd5jd.DeleteThis@prodigy.net> wrote in message
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> Hello, I'm using Vista Home Premium.
>
> I was wondering if there is currently a way to remove all of the
> listings in the NEW right-click context menu, except for FOLDER.
>
> (For example, I have 19 listings, excluding FOLDER, with Briefcase
> being the last one.)
>
> If there is a way, what is the procedure? Does it require editing
> registry keys? That's no problem, as long as I know which keys to
> edit, and how.
>
> With XP, the TweakUI power toy had such an option. There isn't such a
> utility yet for Vista, is there? Is there an official ETA for a
> Vista TweakUI yet?
>
> Thank you!
>

That's correct. They're registry keys. The same procedures works as with XP.

You basically remove the 'ShellNew' key for the particular extension under

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT
which is the same as
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\

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Jon

J. Danniel · External Since: May 06, 2007 Posts: 20

Hello.

Are you saying deleting one registry key will delete everything?
Or do you mean I have to do 19 key deletions?

Thank you.

>
>That's correct. They're registry keys. The same procedures works as with XP.
>
>You basically remove the 'ShellNew' key for the particular extension under
>
>HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT
>which is the same as
>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\

Jon · External Since: Jan 17, 2007 Posts: 703

One for each extension. They're independent entries.

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Jon

"J. Danniel" <jd5jd.TakeThisOut@prodigy.net> wrote in message
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> Hello.
>
> Are you saying deleting one registry key will delete everything?
> Or do you mean I have to do 19 key deletions?
>
> Thank you.
>
>
>>
>>That's correct. They're registry keys. The same procedures works as with
>>XP.
>>
>>You basically remove the 'ShellNew' key for the particular extension under
>>
>>HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT
>>which is the same as
>>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\
>

J. Danniel · External Since: May 06, 2007 Posts: 20

I see that now. Far too many to sift through, to find the ones I need
removed.

Am I correct in assuming there's no way to streamline or automate this
procedure?

>One for each extension. They're independent entries.

DanS · External Since: Feb 11, 2007 Posts: 345

J. Danniel <jd5jd.DeleteThis@prodigy.net> wrote in
news:srqmb3tkhedlj78tnal16fm3nv6i6e67ss@4ax.com:

> I see that now. Far too many to sift through, to find the ones I need
> removed.

Yes, it's soooooo hard to find the extensions when they are listed in
alphabetical order.

(yes, that is sarcastic)

Jon · External Since: Jan 17, 2007 Posts: 703

"J. Danniel" <jd5jd.TakeThisOut@prodigy.net> wrote in message
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>I see that now. Far too many to sift through, to find the ones I need
> removed.
>
> Am I correct in assuming there's no way to streamline or automate this
> procedure?
>
>>One for each extension. They're independent entries.
>

It can be done easily via script. I use one here that prompts for an
extension and then deletes the relevant entries - and conversely another one
that adds relevant entries for programs that I want eg for quick creation of
batch files, VBscript files, Powershell scripts etc.

If you're familiar with any programming languages, then it's not too
difficult a task to achieve, although the adding is slightly more complex
than the deleting, since you need to add text entries too for the particular
entries (ie the actual text that you see when you right-click > New... )

--
Jon

J. Danniel · External Since: May 06, 2007 Posts: 20

Tell ya what...you come over and keep pressing the F3 key while I do
something a bit more constructive...like use Windows XP.

(yes, that is sarcastic also)

>Yes, it's soooooo hard to find the extensions when they are listed in
>alphabetical order.
>
>
>(yes, that is sarcastic)

J. Danniel · External Since: May 06, 2007 Posts: 20

By the way...just for the record....

I've been using these Microsoft Usenet newsgroups for years, and
you're the first person ever who's given me a wiseass answer.

I congratulate you.

With that said, I'm sure you'd like to have the last word.

Hopefully, it's herpes.

>> I see that now. Far too many to sift through, to find the ones I need
>> removed.
>
>Yes, it's soooooo hard to find the extensions when they are listed in
>alphabetical order.
>
>
>(yes, that is sarcastic)

DanS · External Since: Feb 11, 2007 Posts: 345

J. Danniel <jd5jd.RemoveThis@prodigy.net> wrote in
news:iidnb3puivnmgtrelknestboq3vt54175d@4ax.com:

> By the way...just for the record....
>
> I've been using these Microsoft Usenet newsgroups for years, and
> you're the first person ever who's given me a wiseass answer.

Great. You probably never made a huge to-do over nothing before.

>
> I congratulate you.

Thanks.

>
> With that said, I'm sure you'd like to have the last word.
>
> Hopefully, it's herpes.
>

No, the last word is I still can't understand how hard it is to delete
the 'new' entries this way.

I see Access Database in the 'New' menu and I don't want it there.

I open regedit, expand HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT and the first thing I see is a
list of extensions in alphabetical order.

..$$$
..$A
..001
..004 etc....

I scroll down a few pages to .mdb, expand, right-click 'shellnew',
delete, done. 15 seconds.

Even if the entire operation takes 10 minutes to do all of them, that
doesn't seem like a lot of work to me.

You know what is a lot of work.......completely removing Symantec
products from your PC. Now *THAT* is a lot of work.

>
>>> I see that now. Far too many to sift through, to find the ones I
need
>>> removed.
>>
>>Yes, it's soooooo hard to find the extensions when they are listed in
>>alphabetical order.
>>
>>
>>(yes, that is sarcastic)
>