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How can I add additional levels to the context menu's "New File" list in Windows?

I've been having to make quite a few archive's the last couple of days for a program I've been writing (including .cab, .iso, .rar, .bz2, .dmg). In order to cut down on the time it takes to make each archive, I used the ShellNew command in the registry


what would happen if you dragged the iso image file, cab file etc into archive ?

Flooding at the Isle of Sheppey Shellness Rescue..

The flood warnings and the high tide meant we had to rush down to Shellness to put the stormboards up !! Luckily the wind was blowing the right ...

Altering the “New” Explorer Menu in Windows « TimothyTocci's Blog

Registry scripts are really simple scripts that alter the registry in some specific way. When you’re using Windows Explorer to set up a project skeleton for a new project the “New” context menu within Explorer can really help productivity. You alter the Windows Explorer “New” menu by altering the registry. The first time I looked into changing things around I searched the Windows folder looking for a simple answer. exe and changing every entry, its best to use a registry script....

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Windows 7 Annoyances
720 pages
Windows 7 Annoyances

Open the Registry Editor. 2. Navigate to the key named for the filename extension ... Data” on page 136), and search the entire registry for Shell New. ...

Windows Vista annoyances
641 pages
Windows Vista annoyances

If you see a subkey here named ShellNew, rename it to Shellnew- (Shellnew ... Data,” earlier in this chapter), and search the entire Registry for ShellNew. ...

Using the Windows 98 Registry
590 pages
Using the Windows 98 Registry

Windows 98 builds this menu of templates by examining each filename extension subkey in the Registry to see whether it has a ShellNew subkey. ...

Windows 95 registry & customization handbook
430 pages
Windows 95 registry & customization handbook

Just adding a template document to the ShellNew directory isn't enough to make that application appear in the New menu. Other entries in the Registry are ...

Windows Me annoyances
451 pages
Windows Me annoyances

If you use Solution 1 and then look in the Registry, you'll see that TweakUI has simply renamed the ShellNew branch as ShellNew- for those branches you've ...