Remove New item from Windows NT right-click menu

  • Section(s): Restriction
  • Published on Apr 20, 2004.
  • Last Modified on Apr 20, 2004.
  • Last Modified by Wayne Maples.
  • Rated 4 out of 5 based on 3 votes.
If you have a need to remove the New item from Windows NT right-click Menu, you can do so with the nonew.reg script:

REGEDIT4
BLANK LINE GOES HERE
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\New]
@=""
BLANK LINE GOES HERE

To put it back, use the putnewback.reg script:

REGEDIT4
BLANK LINE GOES HERE
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\New]
@="{D969A300-E7FF-11d0-A93B-00A0C90F2719}"
BLANK LINE GOES HERE

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