How to Add / Remove Items from “New” in Windows Context Menu?

In Windows, whenever we right-click on Desktop, we get "New" menu which contains shortcuts for various known file types. We can easily create new files using this handy "New" menu.

Sometimes we may want to remove a few unwanted items from "New" menu or we may want to add a few necessary items to "New" menu which are not present.

So in this tutorial, you will learn how to add / remove items to / from "New" menu by editing registry file.

To Add an Item in "New" menu:
1. Type regedit in RUN dialog box and press Enter.
2. Now expand "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT" key.
3. Then, look for the file type which you want to add in "New" menu
e.g. for adding MP3 file type look for .MP3 key.
3. Right-click on it and select "New -> Key" and give it name "ShellNew".

4. In right-side pane, right-click and select "New -> String Value". Give it name "NullFile" and press Enter.

5. Thats it. You have added into "New" Context Menu.

You'll immediately get the file type entry in "New" menu. Otherwise, you may just hit "F5" button to refresh your desktop, then you will see the new entry in "New" menu.

Next, to remove it which similar with add method.

To Remove an Item from "New" menu:
1. Type regedit in RUN dialog box and press Enter.
2. Now expand "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT" key.
3. Then, look for the file type which you want to remove from "New" menu
e.g. for removing MP3 file type look for .MP3 key.
4. Expand it and delete the "ShellNew" key.
5. That's it. The file type will be removed from "New" menu.


Reference: http://www.askvg.com/how-to-add-remove-items-from-new-menu-in-windows/