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07-11-11, 10:06 AM | #1 |
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A Minor Annoyance
I feel silly even posting this here, but it's driving me crazy.
When I right-click on the desktop and the little menu comes up, under 'New' there are now several file listings for things I don't want there, such as a sound file from SH3. I've been all through the help section and I can't find out how to remove things from that menu. Clicking an item creates a desktop icon. Right-clicking the item creates a desktop icon. How do I make these things go away?
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07-11-11, 10:58 AM | #2 |
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I don't know but I think that right-click pop up is called a "context menu" so that might be a term to search for. Seems like I used to know how to customize it but I cannot remember how.
My first thoughts were to look in Taskbar/Start Menu properties and Folder Options (via Control Panel in XP) but I can't find anything in either that looks like what you would want. Well it is customizable to some degree in Tweak UI for XP, if that's your OS. If you don't have Tweak UI it was one of Microsoft's so-called "Power Tools" for Windows, the XP version was available free from the Microsoft site cuz I had it at home and still have it here at work. http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/w...ads/windows-xp Under "My Computer" and "Templates" it has a list of possible document types that can be created from the "New" command on the right-click popup menu, and you can select or deselect them to get them on or off that menu. So obviously it's doable but I don't know how without using Tweak UI. |
07-11-11, 01:16 PM | #3 |
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^ Yup TweakUI
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07-11-11, 03:05 PM | #4 |
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Well, I downloaded TweakUI and it won't even tell me where it installed in on the computer. I found several 'Templates' folders in Owners/Documents or something, but deleting things had no effect on the click-menu.
Next?
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07-11-11, 03:09 PM | #5 |
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There's a shortcut to it from my Start Menu in All Programs>Power Toys for Windows XP. It points here: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\TweakUI.exe, I assume that's the default location.
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07-11-11, 03:19 PM | #6 |
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This is a trial,try this out...
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07-11-11, 04:24 PM | #7 |
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That did the job. Thanks.
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07-11-11, 05:22 PM | #8 |
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07-11-11, 09:10 PM | #9 |
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While we are on the subject of Tweaking, Win 7/Vista users rejoice, there is something for us too, not made by Microsoft, free to use:
http://www.thewindowsclub.com/ultima...indows-7-vista |
07-11-11, 09:48 PM | #10 | |
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