Add or Remove Default New Context Menu Items in Windows 10

phrab · 21 Sep 2020

Brink said:

Hello phrab,

It doesn't change the icon for me either for .rtf files even when just deleting the key and value.

File Extension Icon - Change Default Icon - Windows 7 Help Forums

Thanks for your response. Funny, when I "changed" the path of the default icon, the icon did change, just not to what I wanted.

It changed to the default icon for notepad.exe

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Actually, I think it's better than the white icon I had.

Brink · 21 Sep 2020

Matthew Wai · 21 Sep 2020

phrab said:

"C:\Users\Phil\Documents\Icons\WORDPAD.EXE, 1.ico"

Try the following:

Code:

(REG ADD "HKCR\.rtf\ShellNew" /V "IconPath" /T REG_SZ /D "C:\Users\Phil\Documents\Icons\WORDPAD.EXE, 1.ico" /F)

I have used the above method in my script: How to Add Create Elevated Shortcut to New Context Menu in Windows 10

phrab · 20 Oct 2020

Matthew Wai said:

Try the following:

Code:

(REG ADD "HKCR\.rtf\ShellNew" /V "IconPath" /T REG_SZ /D "C:\Users\Phil\Documents\Icons\WORDPAD.EXE, 1.ico" /F)

I have used the above method in my script: How to Add Create Elevated Shortcut to New Context Menu in Windows 10

Thank you for your suggestion. For some reason, I didn't see this post before...must have gotten distracted. However, I don't know how to use that line of code.

Is it a line I put in the registry? A bat file? Or something else?

Edited: Sorry. I read your link, so I made your code into a bat file & ran it as administrator. It did add the key to the registry. However, even after a reboot, the icon didn't change. Any other ideas?

Thank you again.

Matthew Wai · 20 Oct 2020

@phrab, are you referring to the icon shown on the context menu like the one below?

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I ran the following command:

(REG ADD "HKCR\.rtf\ShellNew" /V "IconPath" /T REG_SZ /D "D:\Power-button.ico" /F)

Now, the icon for Rich Text Document has become a red power button as shown above. No reboot is needed.

When I run Reg QUERY "HKCR\.rtf\ShellNew", I will get the following output:

Code:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.rtf\ShellNew
    Data    REG_SZ    {\rtf1}
    ItemName    REG_EXPAND_SZ    @%ProgramFiles%\Windows NT\Accessories\WORDPAD.EXE,-213
    IconPath    REG_SZ    D:\Power-button.ico

When I run Reg QUERY "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\rtffile\DefaultIcon", I will get the following output:

Code:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\rtffile\DefaultIcon
    (Default)    REG_EXPAND_SZ    "%ProgramFiles%\Windows NT\Accessories\WORDPAD.EXE",1

phrab · 20 Oct 2020

Matthew Wai said:

@phrab, are you referring to the icon shown on the context menu like the one below?

I ran the following command:

(REG ADD "HKCR\.rtf\ShellNew" /V "IconPath" /T REG_SZ /D "D:\Power-button.ico" /F)

Now, the icon for Rich Text Document has become a red power button as shown above. No reboot is needed.

When I run Reg QUERY "HKCR\.rtf\ShellNew", I will get the following output:

Code:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.rtf\ShellNew
    Data    REG_SZ    {\rtf1}
    ItemName    REG_EXPAND_SZ    @%ProgramFiles%\Windows NT\Accessories\WORDPAD.EXE,-213
    IconPath    REG_SZ    D:\Power-button.ico

When I run Reg QUERY "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\rtffile\DefaultIcon", I will get the following output:

Code:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\rtffile\DefaultIcon
    (Default)    REG_EXPAND_SZ    "%ProgramFiles%\Windows NT\Accessories\WORDPAD.EXE",1

Hi Matthew:
No, I was referring to the icon of an .rtf file. But the icon on both my .rtf files & the one on the context menu are the same:
This is what Icurrently have for a file:

This is what I currently have for a context menu:

In each case, the icon is the same. I can't seem to change it to this:

Matthew Wai · 21 Oct 2020

phrab said:

I was referring to the icon of an .rtf file.

It is impossible for me to change the default RTF file icon:

I ran the following line of command via Windows PowerShell (Admin). The icon path has been changed successfully, but the displayed icon remains unchanged. The icon does not depend on "HKCR\rtffile\DefaultIcon".

(REG ADD "HKCR\rtffile\DefaultIcon" /T REG_EXPAND_SZ /D "D:\Power-button.ico" /F)

It applies only to the jump list but not to File Explorer.

Fytuf · 16 Jan 2021

I tried the "Restore all default items" registry thing but i now have two shortcut items in the new section, It also removed the folder entry. Is there any way of fixing this?

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Edit: Never mind, I fixed it by downloading the "Restore New Folder entry" registry file, i'm so stupid.

bamajon1974 · 22 Jun 2021

@Matthew Wai

I cannot get contacts to appear on the new context menu. The correct registry entries are present in HKCR\.contact\ShellNew Keys.

I used the command you suggested, (REG ADD "HKCR\Data" /T REG_SZ /D "Contact" /F) and merged the registry file presenta at the beginning of the tutorial. No luck.
I can get other file extensions to add, just not contact. Do I include the parenthses between the command?

I run Win10 x64 21H1 with Office 365 if that makes a difference. Does Windows block this entry for some reason? Any suggestions to enable contacts again?

Thanks!

Matthew Wai · 22 Jun 2021

bamajon1974 said:

I used the command you suggested, (REG ADD "HKCR\Data" /T REG_SZ /D "Contact" /F) and merged the registry file presenta at the beginning of the tutorial. No luck.

(1) Run the following command to back up the current ".contact" key:

Reg export "HKCR\.contact" "%USERPROFILE%\Desktop\[.contact].reg"

If you have relocated your desktop, change the \Desktop\ folder accordingly.

(2) Run the following command to add a new key:

(REG Add "HKCR\bamajon1974" /T REG_SZ /D "Contact" /F)

(3) Run the following command to set bamajon1974 as the default value data:

(REG Add "HKCR\.contact" /T REG_SZ /D "bamajon1974" /F)

(4) The item "Contact" will appear on the "New" context menu: