Personalization Add or Remove Default Items on New Context Menu in Windows 11

Bug locker · Jun 25, 2023

Brink said:
Great news.

Any suggestion for .bmp ?

Brink · Jun 25, 2023

Bug locker said:
Any suggestion for .bmp ?

None so far. It's a stubborn one.

Bug locker · Jun 25, 2023

Brink said:
None so far. It's a stubborn one.

Thanks !

Kees · Jun 25, 2023

I did manage to get rid of the .bmp entry in the New Context Menu.
By installing ClassicPaint and removing the modern Paint app.
By installing Classic Paint you will have another entry "Edit with Classic Paint", but that can be switched off in ShellMenuNew.

Edwin · Jun 25, 2023

I named the key to -ShellNew, worked for me...

Bug locker · Jun 25, 2023

Kees said:
I did manage to get rid of the .bmp entry in the New Context Menu.
By installing ClassicPaint and removing the modern Paint app.
By installing Classic Paint you will have another entry "Edit with Classic Paint", but that can be switched off in ShellMenuNew.

Thanks ! It works and for me. Btw :
1) It was little difficult to find a version that works and it was at a "setup" version. Firstly i downloaded portable versions and install versions who no works. Finally , i find install version that works OK at Windows 7 Games for Windows 11, Windows 10, Windows 8.1, and Windows 8..
2) As i take a first look at classic paint it has the same abilities with the new one but the Classic has more beautiful buttons at ribbon.
So 2 in 1 solution !

:party:

OAT · Jun 25, 2023

Bug locker said:
1) It was little difficult to find a version that works and it was at a "setup" version.

Install Winaero or go here to get Classic Paint :

Get Old Classic Paint for Windows 11 (Windows 10 app version)

You can now download the Windows 10 version of the classic Paint app for Windows 11. It is built with genuine files from Build 14393, and integrates into

winaero.com

Bug locker · Jun 25, 2023

OAT said:
Install Winaero or go here to get Classic Paint :

Get Old Classic Paint for Windows 11 (Windows 10 app version)

You can now download the Windows 10 version of the classic Paint app for Windows 11. It is built with genuine files from Build 14393, and integrates into

winaero.com

I dont trust winaero because at the past i had major problems with "Winaero" app. So i did it from win7games.

Kees · Jun 25, 2023

1. I got Classic Paint from the WinAero site: Link to Classic Paint on WinAero, which appears to link through to the site you found.
Normally I would have showed the link directly, but I was a bit short of time, had to do something else.

2. That exactly was the reason I installed Classic Paint (as I did wit Classic Calculator as well).

PS. The WinAero site is fully reliable, but WinAero itself can be used incorrectly and then you may get problems.
I have not used the program itself for a long time, but the WinAero site is very usefull for many purposes.

Anyway: glad I could help you by my experience, that removing the Paint app does make disappear the New BMP entry. Which of course I have read some day somewhere else...

OAT · Jun 25, 2023

Bug locker said:
I dont trust winaero because at the past i had major problems with "Winaero" app. So i did it from win7games.

I fully trust Winaero, you just have to know the implications of its use.
Been using it for years, never had an issue.

Bug locker · Jun 25, 2023

OAT said:
I fully trust Winaero, you just have to know the implications of its use.
Been using it for years, never had an issue.

So , that was the problem :
I change the shortcuts at "My computer" and after that the file explorer didnt work OK at the desktop folder. It shows different files and shortcuts (Specifically less) than the real ones and it was very slow to show them.
The same problem was presented on 2 different computers and with 2 operating systems each, W10 & 11. None of the solutions I tried fixed the problem (including repair installation), other than a clean install.

Try3 · Jul 18, 2023

@Brink,

panaho has worked out a method of removing the context menu, New, Bitmap image entry. Nobody else was able to do it.
See post #63 [there was a correction in post #71 for New text document, the Bitmap image solution was posted correctly in the first instance].
I turned panaho's solution into a .reg file for convenience - see post #69.

The Windows 10 solution was quite different.

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.bmp\ShellNew]

I thought you would want to incorporate the solution into this tutorial,
All the best,
Denis

Brink · Jul 18, 2023

Try3 said:
@Brink,

panaho has worked out a method of removing the context menu, New, Bitmap image entry. Nobody else was able to do it.
See post #63 [there was a correction in post #71 for New text document, the Bitmap image solution was posted correctly in the first instance].
I turned panaho's solution into a .reg file for convenience - see post #69.

I thought you would want to incorporate the solution into this tutorial,
All the best,
Denis

Hello Denis,

Is the registry key in your REG file unique per system? I don't have it.

Try3 · Jul 18, 2023

Brink said:
Is the registry key in your REG file unique per system?

I did not consider that possibility.

I'll ask WiseWiz to check as well.

Denis

Try3 · Jul 18, 2023

Brink,

Oh dear.

The string
ShellNewDisplayName_Bmp
exists in two different keys on one Windows 11 computer and in a [single] different Key on another of mine.
Wisewiz & OAT have reported that they also found it in different Keys.

So I can no longer see how to incorporate the change in a .reg file.
And I cannot see how to choose the correct Key on the one with two entries [I suppose that both might work]. I merely used the first return to my search for it without realising that another hit would have happened further down the Registry.

Oh well,
Denis

Brink · Jul 18, 2023

Try3 said:
Brink,

Oh dear.

The string
ShellNewDisplayName_Bmp
exists in two different keys on one Windows 11 computer and in a [single] different Key on another.

So I can no longer see how to incorporate the change in a .reg file.
And I cannot see how to choose the correct Key on the one with two entries [I suppose that both might work]. I merely used the first return to my search for it without realising that another hit would have happened further down the Registry.

Oh well,
Denis