How to Add or Remove Office 2019 New Context Menu Items in Windows 10  

ComputerBen said:

I just did a Repair, but it didn't fix it.

I don't think I have any 3rd party programs like that installed. I have Notepad++ but that's it. I previously had Office XP (yeah) installed, but I uninstalled it before installing Office 2019.

I must admit that I'm also at a lost of why it's not showing in the New context menu.

ComputerBen said:

Do you think Microsoft's tech support would be any help with this? Should I bother reaching out to them?

It can't hurt to try other than time.

Hello @Brink ,

First, apologies if this is the WRONG place for it.

I have noticed that besides MS Office, a lot of people use Apache OpenOffice.

The below REG files will Remove or Add the entries to the Desktop > New > Context Menu. The entries are automatically added during installation. It appears that Database - Access and Formula are NOT automatically added.

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Remove Text [Writer Document - Word]

Code:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

; Title     : Remove Text [Writer Document - Word] from the Desktop New Context Menu
; Created By: Paul Black
; Created On: 17-Aug-2021

[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.odt\opendocument.WriterDocument.1\ShellNew]

Remove Spreadsheet [Calc Document - Excel]

Code:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

; Title     : Remove Spreadsheet [Calc Document - Excel] from the Desktop New Context Menu
; Created By: Paul Black
; Created On: 17-Aug-2021

[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.ods\opendocument.CalcDocument.1\ShellNew]

Remove Presentation [Impress Document - PowerPoint]

Code:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

; Title     : Remove Presentation [Impress Document - PowerPoint] from the Desktop New Context Menu
; Created By: Paul Black
; Created On: 17-Aug-2021

[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.odp\opendocument.ImpressDocument.1\ShellNew]

Remove Drawing [Draw Document - Publisher]

Code:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

; Title     : Remove Drawing [Draw Document - Publisher] from the Desktop New Context Menu
; Created By: Paul Black
; Created On: 17-Aug-2021

[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.odg\opendocument.DrawDocument.1\ShellNew]

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Add Text [Writer Document - Word]

Code:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

; Title     : Add Text [Writer Document - Word] to the Desktop New Context Menu
; Created By: Paul Black
; Created On: 17-Aug-2021

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.odt\opendocument.WriterDocument.1\ShellNew]
"FileName"="soffice.odt"

Add Spreadsheet [Calc Document - Excel]

Code:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

; Title     : Add Spreadsheet [Calc Document - Excel] to the Desktop New Context Menu
; Created By: Paul Black
; Created On: 17-Aug-2021

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.ods\opendocument.CalcDocument.1\ShellNew]
"FileName"="soffice.ods"

Add Presentation [Impress Document - PowerPoint]

Code:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

; Title     : Add Presentation [Impress Document - PowerPoint] to the Desktop New Context Menu
; Created By: Paul Black
; Created On: 17-Aug-2021

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.odp\opendocument.ImpressDocument.1\ShellNew]
"FileName"="soffice.odp"

Add Drawing [Draw Document - Publisher]

Code:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

; Title     : Add Drawing [Draw Document - Publisher] to the Desktop New Context Menu
; Created By: Paul Black
; Created On: 17-Aug-2021

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.odg\opendocument.DrawDocument.1\ShellNew]
"FileName"="soffice.odg"

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I thought that this would be a good addition for those that use Apache OpenOffice. It took a while so I hope it is OK.

Thank you @Paul Black.

Brink said:

Thank you @Paul Black.

You are VERY welcome.

You put so much expertise, knowledge, time and effort into this excellent forum, it is nice to be able to build on that and give something back.