- Cannot Create TXT Doc Shortcut
- Posted by Wiley Coyote on December 16th, 2005
G'day. For some reason, when I right click the Desktop, I can no longer
"Create a New Text Document". TXT extensions are registered with Notepad.
This just happened this AM.
Any Ideas???
TX
- Posted by Will Denny on December 16th, 2005
Hi
Do you get an error message when you try to create a new text file?
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MS MVP Windows Shell/User
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"Wiley Coyote" <wiley@mentorits.com> wrote in message
news:u4pBRYlAGHA.3496@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> G'day. For some reason, when I right click the Desktop, I can no longer
> "Create a New Text Document". TXT extensions are registered with Notepad.
>
> This just happened this AM.
>
> Any Ideas???
>
> TX
- Posted by Daniel Martín on December 16th, 2005
Click Start, Run, type without quotes 'regedit' and press Enter. Do you have a HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.txt\ShellNew key? If not, create it from Edit, New, Key. Note that the key must contain a 'NullFile' (be careful, it is case sensitive) string value with no content. Create it too if it is not present.
--
Greetings,
Daniel Martín
"Wiley Coyote" <wiley@mentorits.com> wrote in message news:u4pBRYlAGHA.3496@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> G'day. For some reason, when I right click the Desktop, I can no longer
> "Create a New Text Document". TXT extensions are registered with Notepad.
>
> This just happened this AM.
>
> Any Ideas???
>
> TX
>
>
- Posted by Wiley Coyote on December 16th, 2005
I don't get an error message, because there is no option to CREATE a New
Text Document!
Wiley
"Will Denny" <willdenny@mvps.org> wrote in message
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> Hi
>
> Do you get an error message when you try to create a new text file?
>
> --
>
>
> Will Denny
> MS MVP Windows Shell/User
> Please reply to the News Groups
>
> "Wiley Coyote" <wiley@mentorits.com> wrote in message
> news:u4pBRYlAGHA.3496@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>> G'day. For some reason, when I right click the Desktop, I can no longer
>> "Create a New Text Document". TXT extensions are registered with Notepad.
>>
>> This just happened this AM.
>>
>> Any Ideas???
>>
>> TX
>
>
- Posted by Wiley Coyote on December 16th, 2005
I have the following key: HKCR\.txt\shell that has a REG_SZ with no value
set. Do I add ShellNew?
TX.
"Daniel Martín" <mardani29@yahoo.es> wrote in message
news:uyt%236nlAGHA.140@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
Click Start, Run, type without quotes 'regedit' and press Enter. Do you have
a HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.txt\ShellNew key? If not, create it from Edit, New,
Key. Note that the key must contain a 'NullFile' (be careful, it is case
sensitive) string value with no content. Create it too if it is not present.
--
Greetings,
Daniel Martín
"Wiley Coyote" <wiley@mentorits.com> wrote in message
news:u4pBRYlAGHA.3496@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> G'day. For some reason, when I right click the Desktop, I can no longer
> "Create a New Text Document". TXT extensions are registered with Notepad.
>
> This just happened this AM.
>
> Any Ideas???
>
> TX
>
>
- Posted by Daniel Martín on December 16th, 2005
Yes. And add a 'NullFile' string value with no content. You don't even have to restart the computer to see the results.
--
Greetings,
Daniel Martín
"Wiley Coyote" <wiley@mentorits.com> wrote in message news:uD$eAwlAGHA.1676@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>I have the following key: HKCR\.txt\shell that has a REG_SZ with no value
> set. Do I add ShellNew?
>
> TX.
>
> "Daniel Martín" <mardani29@yahoo.es> wrote in message
> news:uyt%236nlAGHA.140@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> Click Start, Run, type without quotes 'regedit' and press Enter. Do you have
> a HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.txt\ShellNew key? If not, create it from Edit, New,
> Key. Note that the key must contain a 'NullFile' (be careful, it is case
> sensitive) string value with no content. Create it too if it is not present.
>
> --
> Greetings,
> Daniel Martín
>
>
> "Wiley Coyote" <wiley@mentorits.com> wrote in message
> news:u4pBRYlAGHA.3496@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>> G'day. For some reason, when I right click the Desktop, I can no longer
>> "Create a New Text Document". TXT extensions are registered with Notepad.
>>
>> This just happened this AM.
>>
>> Any Ideas???
>>
>> TX
>>
>>
>
>
- Posted by Ramesh, MS-MVP on December 16th, 2005
Alternately, the .TXT file association fix here will do the trick:
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/file_assoc.htm
--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Window XP Shell/User
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k
"Wiley Coyote" <wiley@mentorits.com> wrote in message
news:uD$eAwlAGHA.1676@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
I have the following key: HKCR\.txt\shell that has a REG_SZ with no value
set. Do I add ShellNew?
TX.
"Daniel Martín" <mardani29@yahoo.es> wrote in message
news:uyt%236nlAGHA.140@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
Click Start, Run, type without quotes 'regedit' and press Enter. Do you have
a HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.txt\ShellNew key? If not, create it from Edit, New,
Key. Note that the key must contain a 'NullFile' (be careful, it is case
sensitive) string value with no content. Create it too if it is not present.
--
Greetings,
Daniel Martín
"Wiley Coyote" <wiley@mentorits.com> wrote in message
news:u4pBRYlAGHA.3496@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> G'day. For some reason, when I right click the Desktop, I can no longer
> "Create a New Text Document". TXT extensions are registered with Notepad.
>
> This just happened this AM.
>
> Any Ideas???
>
> TX
>
>
- Posted by Wiley Coyote on December 16th, 2005
Here is an extract of my registry key fot .TXT. It didn't fix it up. Any
other ideas?
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.txt]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.txt\shell]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.txt\shell\open]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.txt\shell\open\command]
@="notepad.exe %1"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.txt\ShellNew]
"NullFile"=""
TX
Wiley
"Daniel Martín" <mardani29@yahoo.es> wrote in message
news:uPmgfylAGHA.1676@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
Yes. And add a 'NullFile' string value with no content. You don't even have
to restart the computer to see the results.
--
Greetings,
Daniel Martín
"Wiley Coyote" <wiley@mentorits.com> wrote in message
news:uD$eAwlAGHA.1676@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>I have the following key: HKCR\.txt\shell that has a REG_SZ with no value
> set. Do I add ShellNew?
>
> TX.
>
> "Daniel Martín" <mardani29@yahoo.es> wrote in message
> news:uyt%236nlAGHA.140@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> Click Start, Run, type without quotes 'regedit' and press Enter. Do you
> have
> a HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.txt\ShellNew key? If not, create it from Edit, New,
> Key. Note that the key must contain a 'NullFile' (be careful, it is case
> sensitive) string value with no content. Create it too if it is not
> present.
>
> --
> Greetings,
> Daniel Martín
>
>
> "Wiley Coyote" <wiley@mentorits.com> wrote in message
> news:u4pBRYlAGHA.3496@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>> G'day. For some reason, when I right click the Desktop, I can no longer
>> "Create a New Text Document". TXT extensions are registered with Notepad.
>>
>> This just happened this AM.
>>
>> Any Ideas???
>>
>> TX
>>
>>
>
>
- Posted by Ramesh, MS-MVP on December 16th, 2005
Wiley,
Get the .txt association fix from the link I posted earlier.
--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
Windows XP Troubleshooting
http://www.winhelponline.com
"Wiley Coyote" <wiley@mentorits.com> wrote in message
news:ePkWHEmAGHA.2620@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
Here is an extract of my registry key fot .TXT. It didn't fix it up. Any
other ideas?
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.txt]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.txt\shell]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.txt\shell\open]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.txt\shell\open\command]
@="notepad.exe %1"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.txt\ShellNew]
"NullFile"=""
TX
Wiley
"Daniel Martín" <mardani29@yahoo.es> wrote in message
news:uPmgfylAGHA.1676@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
Yes. And add a 'NullFile' string value with no content. You don't even have
to restart the computer to see the results.
--
Greetings,
Daniel Martín
"Wiley Coyote" <wiley@mentorits.com> wrote in message
news:uD$eAwlAGHA.1676@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>I have the following key: HKCR\.txt\shell that has a REG_SZ with no value
> set. Do I add ShellNew?
>
> TX.
>
> "Daniel Martín" <mardani29@yahoo.es> wrote in message
> news:uyt%236nlAGHA.140@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> Click Start, Run, type without quotes 'regedit' and press Enter. Do you
> have
> a HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.txt\ShellNew key? If not, create it from Edit, New,
> Key. Note that the key must contain a 'NullFile' (be careful, it is case
> sensitive) string value with no content. Create it too if it is not
> present.
>
> --
> Greetings,
> Daniel Martín
>
>
> "Wiley Coyote" <wiley@mentorits.com> wrote in message
> news:u4pBRYlAGHA.3496@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>> G'day. For some reason, when I right click the Desktop, I can no longer
>> "Create a New Text Document". TXT extensions are registered with Notepad.
>>
>> This just happened this AM.
>>
>> Any Ideas???
>>
>> TX
>>
>>
>
>
- Posted by Wiley Coyote on December 16th, 2005
Thanks Ramesh. This fixed it.
Cheers,
Wiley
"Ramesh, MS-MVP" <ramesh@XOX.mvps.org> wrote in message
news:eT6TcBmAGHA.2788@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> Alternately, the .TXT file association fix here will do the trick:
> http://www.dougknox.com/xp/file_assoc.htm
>
> --
> Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
> Window XP Shell/User
> http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k
>
>
> "Wiley Coyote" <wiley@mentorits.com> wrote in message
> news:uD$eAwlAGHA.1676@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> I have the following key: HKCR\.txt\shell that has a REG_SZ with no value
> set. Do I add ShellNew?
>
> TX.
>
> "Daniel Martín" <mardani29@yahoo.es> wrote in message
> news:uyt%236nlAGHA.140@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> Click Start, Run, type without quotes 'regedit' and press Enter. Do you
> have
> a HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.txt\ShellNew key? If not, create it from Edit, New,
> Key. Note that the key must contain a 'NullFile' (be careful, it is case
> sensitive) string value with no content. Create it too if it is not
> present.
>
> --
> Greetings,
> Daniel Martín
>
>
> "Wiley Coyote" <wiley@mentorits.com> wrote in message
> news:u4pBRYlAGHA.3496@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>> G'day. For some reason, when I right click the Desktop, I can no longer
>> "Create a New Text Document". TXT extensions are registered with Notepad.
>>
>> This just happened this AM.
>>
>> Any Ideas???
>>
>> TX
>>
>>
>
>
>
- Posted by Ramesh, MS-MVP on December 16th, 2005
I'm glad that helped, Wiley.
Thanks for the feedback.
--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
Windows XP Troubleshooting
http://www.winhelponline.com
"Wiley Coyote" <wiley@mentorits.com> wrote in message
news:%23Cwu0HmAGHA.2560@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
Thanks Ramesh. This fixed it.
Cheers,
Wiley
"Ramesh, MS-MVP" <ramesh@XOX.mvps.org> wrote in message
news:eT6TcBmAGHA.2788@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> Alternately, the .TXT file association fix here will do the trick:
> http://www.dougknox.com/xp/file_assoc.htm
>
> --
> Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
> Window XP Shell/User
> http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k
>
>
> "Wiley Coyote" <wiley@mentorits.com> wrote in message
> news:uD$eAwlAGHA.1676@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> I have the following key: HKCR\.txt\shell that has a REG_SZ with no value
> set. Do I add ShellNew?
>
> TX.
>
> "Daniel Martín" <mardani29@yahoo.es> wrote in message
> news:uyt%236nlAGHA.140@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> Click Start, Run, type without quotes 'regedit' and press Enter. Do you
> have
> a HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.txt\ShellNew key? If not, create it from Edit, New,
> Key. Note that the key must contain a 'NullFile' (be careful, it is case
> sensitive) string value with no content. Create it too if it is not
> present.
>
> --
> Greetings,
> Daniel Martín
>
>
> "Wiley Coyote" <wiley@mentorits.com> wrote in message
> news:u4pBRYlAGHA.3496@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>> G'day. For some reason, when I right click the Desktop, I can no longer
>> "Create a New Text Document". TXT extensions are registered with Notepad.
