When I right click anywhere I get an option to add a new file with a specified extension. I would like to add some custom files into this menu, so I can right click and create a new PHP file for instance.
How can I do this?
Add Item to Context Menu – How to Add an Item to the ‘New’ Context Menu in Windows
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Open regedit.exe and find the key that you created for the custom menu item.
Now create a new String value in it and name it Icon. Double-click it and enter the path to your custom icon file:
c:\folder\icon.ico
Optionally you could use the Windows shell32.dll file like in my example:
The result:
Just an additional note - looks like this method works on Windows 7 (and probably Vista) but the icon did not appear when I tested on Windows XP.
You need to add some more registry keys:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.md]
@="markdown"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.md\ShellNew]
"NullFile"=""
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\markdown]
@="Blank Markdown file"
@=markdown points to the new registry key, whose default value ends up being the description and name of the new file.
You may also need to add the following to set the icon (but I think it is optional):
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\markdown]
"DefaultIcon"="%SystemRoot%\system32\imageres.dll,-102"
Finally, from ShellNewHandler you may have to:
- uncheck .md
- apply
- check .md
- apply
Best Answer
To add extensions of your choice to the list: create a file, add the content below, save it as whatever.reg, and run it.
Note: Replace .png with the file extension you want to add and replace whatever with anything you want.
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