On my WinX 19045 laptop, when I right click on the desktop and choose 'New' I get a list of apps I never use; it doesn't include the ones I frequently use, such as OpenOffice Writer. Is there a way I can set up the choices I want?
You can, one way or another, do what you want with the New document list.
This small free utility helps:
You can also create your own template document, so the New document can be created exactly as you wish...
Trimming right click NEW menu
- more if you care to search tenforums...
You might also find Shellmenunew (free) of interest.
The free utility you linked https://www.tenforums.com/attachment...enu-editor.zip works well up to a point. I was able to add the .odt file type but it didn't accommodate my preferred spreadsheet .ods which is also part of OpenOffice. I looked for ShellMenuNew and found it only as an appurtenance of a command-line utility called "Scoop" that I hadn't heard of before. Will it do the job of installing .ods template to the 'new' option?
And thank you for your time replying.
Pictures would clarify. Note I am posting screenshots for you.it didn't accommodate my preferred spreadsheet .ods which is also part of OpenOffice.
"...it didn't accommodate my preferred spreadsheet .ods which is also part of OpenOffice."
The app you referenced provides a list of file extensions that one can select to add them to the 'new' menu. In that listing, I found the .odt extension (for OO 'Write') but not .ods (for OO spreadsheet). Am I missing something?
Again, thank you for your reply. And here I provide yet another screenshot for you.
As you will see from the second screenshot I provided ods is present.
Here you can see in addition that .ods is a defined file type.
If you don't have it as a defined file type, it can't be added.
Your version seems to be better than the one I found:
Do you have type .ods defined as a file extension on your PC?
Note how I specifically showed that for you from Settings.
"Do you have type .ods defined as a file extension on your PC?
Note how I specifically showed that for you from Settings"
Sorry, neither of these remarks makes sense to me. I imagine it's way past my bedtime where you are, so let's take this matter up in the AM!
Hmm. That's fairly basic. Example. By default file type rtf is defined in Windows and can be opened in Wordpad.
Type ods does not exist in a clean installation of Windows. Nor does .docx.
Only when you install programs that can open those file types are those file types created in the registry.
I hope that's clear.
Now- look at the screenshot in my post #6.
The left side is from Settings as I said.
Now click this
Wait.
Now scroll down to .ods (if it exists)
Post a screenshot like mine on the left on post #6.
I asked:
Now you can answer that. If you see .ods there - it is.Do you have type .ods defined as a file extension on your PC?
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