Q140333: HOWTO: Add an Object to the New Object List

Article: Q140333
Product(s): Microsoft Windows 95.x Retail Product
Version(s): 95
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbusage
Last Modified: 17-DEC-2000

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows 95 
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IMPORTANT: This article contains information about editing the registry.
Before you edit the registry, you should first make a backup copy of the
registry files (System.dat and User.dat). Both are hidden files in the
Windows folder.

SUMMARY
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This article describes how to add an object to the list of objects that appears
when you click the File menu in Windows Explorer and then point to New, or when
you point to New on a context menu.

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A context menu is displayed when you use the right mouse button to click an
object in Windows 95. For example, if you use the right mouse button to click
the desktop, a menu is displayed that contains several commands. You can choose
one of these commands by clicking the command on the context menu.

One of the commands on the context menu that appears when you use the right mouse
button to click the desktop is the New command. This command appears on many
other context menus, and also on the File menu in Windows Explorer. If you point
to the New command on one of these menus, a list of objects appears. You can
create a new object by clicking one of the objects on this list.

To add an object to the list of objects, follow these steps:

1. Start the program that is used to create the type of object you want to add
  to the object list, and then save a blank or empty object in the
  Windows\Shellnew folder. For example, if you want to add Microsoft Word for
  Windows documents to the object list, start Word for Windows, and then save
  an empty Word for Windows document in the Windows\Shellnew folder.

  NOTE: The Windows\Shellnew folder already contains some objects that are
  created by commonly used programs. For example, the Winword.doc file found in
  the Windows\Shellnew folder is a blank Word for Windows document. If the type
  of object that you want to add to the object list is already in the
  Windows\Shellnew folder, you can skip step 1 and proceed to step 2.

2. NOTE: For information about how to edit the registry, view the Changing Keys
  And Values online Help topic in Registry Editor (Regedit.exe). Note that you
  should make a backup copy of the registry files (System.dat and User.dat)
  before you edit the registry.

  WARNING: Using Registry Editor incorrectly can cause serious problems that may
  require you to reinstall Windows 95. Microsoft cannot guarantee that problems
  resulting from the incorrect use of Registry Editor can be solved. Use
  Registry Editor at your own risk.

  Create a new registry key called "Shellnew" (without the quotation marks)
  under the following registry key

  Hkey_Classes_Root\<.ext>

  where <.ext> is the default file extension used for the type of object
  you want to add to the object list. For example, if you want to add Word for
  Windows documents to the object list, add a new registry key called
  "Shellnew" under the following registry key:

  Hkey_Classes_Root\.doc

3. Create a new string value called "Filename" (without the quotation marks)
  under the registry key that you created in step 3.

4. Modify the Filename registry value that you created in step 4 so that it is
  assigned the following value

  c:\<windows>\shellnew\<object>

  where <windows> is the Windows folder, and <object> is the blank
  or empty object that you saved to the Windows\Shellnew folder in step 1.

NOTE: You do not need to restart your computer for the new object to appear in
the object list.

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Keywords          : kbusage 
Technology        : kbWin95search kbZNotKeyword3
Version           : 95

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