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=Steve D=

I've recently installed Windows XP with Service Pack 2 on a new system and
applied all of the updates (except for Internet Explorer 7). For some reason
"Text Document" doesn't appear on the shell's "New" submenu. I've done some
research on this and I think that I've got the registry set up properly.
Here's what I exported from the registry.

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.txt\ShellNew]
"NullFile"=""


I think that this is all I need to get "Text Document" to display on the
popup menu. Any idea why this isn't working?
 
You probably also need the 'txtfile' entry. This is mine, yours possiubly
varies by path.
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\txtfile]
@="Text Document"
"FriendlyTypeName"=hex(2):40,00,25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,\
00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,\
32,00,5c,00,6e,00,6f,00,74,00,65,00,70,00,61,00,64,00,2e,00,65,00,78,00,65,\
00,2c,00,2d,00,34,00,36,00,39,00,00,00
"EditFlags"=dword:00010000

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\txtfile\DefaultIcon]
@=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,\
00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,73,00,68,00,\
65,00,6c,00,6c,00,33,00,32,00,2e,00,64,00,6c,00,6c,00,2c,00,2d,00,31,00,35,\
00,32,00,00,00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\txtfile\shell]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\txtfile\shell\open]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\txtfile\shell\open\command]
@=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,\
00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,4e,00,4f,00,\
54,00,45,00,50,00,41,00,44,00,2e,00,45,00,58,00,45,00,20,00,25,00,31,00,00,\
00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\txtfile\shell\print]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\txtfile\shell\print\command]
@=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,\
00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,4e,00,4f,00,\
54,00,45,00,50,00,41,00,44,00,2e,00,45,00,58,00,45,00,20,00,2f,00,70,00,20,\
00,25,00,31,00,00,00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\txtfile\shell\printto]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\txtfile\shell\printto\command]
@=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,\
00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,6e,00,6f,00,\
74,00,65,00,70,00,61,00,64,00,2e,00,65,00,78,00,65,00,20,00,2f,00,70,00,74,\
00,20,00,22,00,25,00,31,00,22,00,20,00,22,00,25,00,32,00,22,00,20,00,22,00,\
25,00,33,00,22,00,20,00,22,00,25,00,34,00,22,00,00,00

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"=Steve D=" wrote:

> I've recently installed Windows XP with Service Pack 2 on a new system and
> applied all of the updates (except for Internet Explorer 7). For some reason
> "Text Document" doesn't appear on the shell's "New" submenu. I've done some
> research on this and I think that I've got the registry set up properly.
> Here's what I exported from the registry.
>
> Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
>
> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.txt\ShellNew]
> "NullFile"=""
>
>
> I think that this is all I need to get "Text Document" to display on the
> popup menu. Any idea why this isn't working?
>
 
What Mark said. Alternately, you can get the .txt file association fix from here:
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/file_assoc.htm

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Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


"Mark L. Ferguson" <MarkLFerguson@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:87702834-EAF4-4838-AFFA-365EF6342872@microsoft.com...
You probably also need the 'txtfile' entry. This is mine, yours possiubly
varies by path.
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\txtfile]
@="Text Document"
"FriendlyTypeName"=hex(2):40,00,25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,\
00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,\
32,00,5c,00,6e,00,6f,00,74,00,65,00,70,00,61,00,64,00,2e,00,65,00,78,00,65,\
00,2c,00,2d,00,34,00,36,00,39,00,00,00
"EditFlags"=dword:00010000

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\txtfile\DefaultIcon]
@=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,\
00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,73,00,68,00,\
65,00,6c,00,6c,00,33,00,32,00,2e,00,64,00,6c,00,6c,00,2c,00,2d,00,31,00,35,\
00,32,00,00,00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\txtfile\shell]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\txtfile\shell\open]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\txtfile\shell\open\command]
@=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,\
00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,4e,00,4f,00,\
54,00,45,00,50,00,41,00,44,00,2e,00,45,00,58,00,45,00,20,00,25,00,31,00,00,\
00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\txtfile\shell\print]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\txtfile\shell\print\command]
@=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,\
00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,4e,00,4f,00,\
54,00,45,00,50,00,41,00,44,00,2e,00,45,00,58,00,45,00,20,00,2f,00,70,00,20,\
00,25,00,31,00,00,00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\txtfile\shell\printto]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\txtfile\shell\printto\command]
@=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,\
00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,6e,00,6f,00,\
74,00,65,00,70,00,61,00,64,00,2e,00,65,00,78,00,65,00,20,00,2f,00,70,00,74,\
00,20,00,22,00,25,00,31,00,22,00,20,00,22,00,25,00,32,00,22,00,20,00,22,00,\
25,00,33,00,22,00,20,00,22,00,25,00,34,00,22,00,00,00

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"=Steve D=" wrote:

> I've recently installed Windows XP with Service Pack 2 on a new system and
> applied all of the updates (except for Internet Explorer 7). For some reason
> "Text Document" doesn't appear on the shell's "New" submenu. I've done some
> research on this and I think that I've got the registry set up properly.
> Here's what I exported from the registry.
>
> Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
>
> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.txt\ShellNew]
> "NullFile"=""
>
>
> I think that this is all I need to get "Text Document" to display on the
> popup menu. Any idea why this isn't working?
>
 
That worked. Thanks!



"Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote:

> What Mark said. Alternately, you can get the .txt file association fix from here:
> http://www.dougknox.com/xp/file_assoc.htm
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
> Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com
>
>
> "Mark L. Ferguson" <MarkLFerguson@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:87702834-EAF4-4838-AFFA-365EF6342872@microsoft.com...
> You probably also need the 'txtfile' entry. This is mine, yours possiubly
> varies by path.
> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\txtfile]
> @="Text Document"
> "FriendlyTypeName"=hex(2):40,00,25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,\
> 00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,\
> 32,00,5c,00,6e,00,6f,00,74,00,65,00,70,00,61,00,64,00,2e,00,65,00,78,00,65,\
> 00,2c,00,2d,00,34,00,36,00,39,00,00,00
> "EditFlags"=dword:00010000
>
> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\txtfile\DefaultIcon]
> @=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,\
> 00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,73,00,68,00,\
> 65,00,6c,00,6c,00,33,00,32,00,2e,00,64,00,6c,00,6c,00,2c,00,2d,00,31,00,35,\
> 00,32,00,00,00
>
> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\txtfile\shell]
>
> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\txtfile\shell\open]
>
> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\txtfile\shell\open\command]
> @=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,\
> 00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,4e,00,4f,00,\
> 54,00,45,00,50,00,41,00,44,00,2e,00,45,00,58,00,45,00,20,00,25,00,31,00,00,\
> 00
>
> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\txtfile\shell\print]
>
> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\txtfile\shell\print\command]
> @=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,\
> 00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,4e,00,4f,00,\
> 54,00,45,00,50,00,41,00,44,00,2e,00,45,00,58,00,45,00,20,00,2f,00,70,00,20,\
> 00,25,00,31,00,00,00
>
> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\txtfile\shell\printto]
>
> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\txtfile\shell\printto\command]
> @=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,\
> 00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,6e,00,6f,00,\
> 74,00,65,00,70,00,61,00,64,00,2e,00,65,00,78,00,65,00,20,00,2f,00,70,00,74,\
> 00,20,00,22,00,25,00,31,00,22,00,20,00,22,00,25,00,32,00,22,00,20,00,22,00,\
> 25,00,33,00,22,00,20,00,22,00,25,00,34,00,22,00,00,00
>
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>
>
>
> "=Steve D=" wrote:
>
> > I've recently installed Windows XP with Service Pack 2 on a new system and
> > applied all of the updates (except for Internet Explorer 7). For some reason
> > "Text Document" doesn't appear on the shell's "New" submenu. I've done some
> > research on this and I think that I've got the registry set up properly.
> > Here's what I exported from the registry.
> >
> > Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
> >
> > [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.txt\ShellNew]
> > "NullFile"=""
> >
> >
> > I think that this is all I need to get "Text Document" to display on the
> > popup menu. Any idea why this isn't working?
> >

>
 
You're welcome!

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Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


"=Steve D=" <SteveD@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:70C1A921-7676-475E-AAAA-21F7CA82CACA@microsoft.com...
That worked. Thanks!



"Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote:

> What Mark said. Alternately, you can get the .txt file association fix from here:
> http://www.dougknox.com/xp/file_assoc.htm
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
> Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com
>
>
> "Mark L. Ferguson" <MarkLFerguson@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:87702834-EAF4-4838-AFFA-365EF6342872@microsoft.com...
> You probably also need the 'txtfile' entry. This is mine, yours possiubly
> varies by path.
> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\txtfile]
> @="Text Document"
> "FriendlyTypeName"=hex(2):40,00,25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,\
> 00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,\
> 32,00,5c,00,6e,00,6f,00,74,00,65,00,70,00,61,00,64,00,2e,00,65,00,78,00,65,\
> 00,2c,00,2d,00,34,00,36,00,39,00,00,00
> "EditFlags"=dword:00010000
>
> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\txtfile\DefaultIcon]
> @=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,\
> 00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,73,00,68,00,\
> 65,00,6c,00,6c,00,33,00,32,00,2e,00,64,00,6c,00,6c,00,2c,00,2d,00,31,00,35,\
> 00,32,00,00,00
>
> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\txtfile\shell]
>
> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\txtfile\shell\open]
>
> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\txtfile\shell\open\command]
> @=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,\
> 00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,4e,00,4f,00,\
> 54,00,45,00,50,00,41,00,44,00,2e,00,45,00,58,00,45,00,20,00,25,00,31,00,00,\
> 00
>
> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\txtfile\shell\print]
>
> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\txtfile\shell\print\command]
> @=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,\
> 00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,4e,00,4f,00,\
> 54,00,45,00,50,00,41,00,44,00,2e,00,45,00,58,00,45,00,20,00,2f,00,70,00,20,\
> 00,25,00,31,00,00,00
>
> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\txtfile\shell\printto]
>
> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\txtfile\shell\printto\command]
> @=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,\
> 00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,6e,00,6f,00,\
> 74,00,65,00,70,00,61,00,64,00,2e,00,65,00,78,00,65,00,20,00,2f,00,70,00,74,\
> 00,20,00,22,00,25,00,31,00,22,00,20,00,22,00,25,00,32,00,22,00,20,00,22,00,\
> 25,00,33,00,22,00,20,00,22,00,25,00,34,00,22,00,00,00
>
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>
>
>
> "=Steve D=" wrote:
>
> > I've recently installed Windows XP with Service Pack 2 on a new system and
> > applied all of the updates (except for Internet Explorer 7). For some reason
> > "Text Document" doesn't appear on the shell's "New" submenu. I've done some
> > research on this and I think that I've got the registry set up properly.
> > Here's what I exported from the registry.
> >
> > Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
> >
> > [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.txt\ShellNew]
> > "NullFile"=""
> >
> >
> > I think that this is all I need to get "Text Document" to display on the
> > popup menu. Any idea why this isn't working?
> >

>
 
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