Windows 11 - New "Text Document" item is missing in "New" Context menu

[pOpY]

Hey guys, just upgraded to Windows 11 and my New "Text Document" entry is missing in the "New" right clicl menu of Freecommander XE.
It's present and working under explorer and on the desktop.

Here are some pictures:

Desktop - menu ok:


FC - menu not ok:


Any hints?

thx

[dsperber]

Did you mean to post images? None show for me, nor is there an active URL link.

Just the word "image", in both places where you clearly intended to provide screenshots.

[cadudesun]

Hi. Same problem here (FC build 859).
As shown in the screenshot below, the New "Text Document" item is missing in FC context menu, but it does exist in Windows 11 File Explorer.
Is it an FC issue?
How to fix it?

PS.: The link below is about a fix to add missing 'Text Document' to Windows context menu.
But since 'Text Document' already exists in Windows, I've thought I shouldn't try to fix what isn't broken...
https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/244 ... -10-a.html

Thanks!

[Marek]

Microsoft has probably made changes.
For me works the following change in the registry (FC 859 and above). Caution! Before making changes in the registry, you should make a backup:

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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.txt\ShellNew]
"ItemName"=hex(2):40,00,25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,\
  6f,00,74,00,25,00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,\
  00,6e,00,6f,00,74,00,65,00,70,00,61,00,64,00,2e,00,65,00,78,00,65,00,2c,00,\
  2d,00,34,00,37,00,30,00,00,00
"NullFile"=""

txt_ShellNew.zip

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[julian_ladbury]

I had the same problem. Marek's fix works for me: thanks.

[ym1]

I had the same problem. Marek's fix works for me: thanks too.

[pOpY]

Had the same issue and that fixed it also for me, thx!

[arith]

Microsoft has probably made changes.
For me works the following change in the registry (FC 859 and above). Caution! Before making changes in the registry, you should make a backup:

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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.txt\ShellNew]
"ItemName"=hex(2):40,00,25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,\
  6f,00,74,00,25,00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,\
  00,6e,00,6f,00,74,00,65,00,70,00,61,00,64,00,2e,00,65,00,78,00,65,00,2c,00,\
  2d,00,34,00,37,00,30,00,00,00
"NullFile"=""

txt_ShellNew.zip

The registry can also be below:

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[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.txt\ShellNew]
"ItemName"=hex(2):40,00,25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,\
  6f,00,74,00,25,00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,\
  00,6e,00,6f,00,74,00,65,00,70,00,61,00,64,00,2e,00,65,00,78,00,65,00,2c,00,\
  2d,00,34,00,37,00,30,00,00,00
"NullFile"=""

[Forez]

I will thrown in my solution - for Windows 10 IOT Enterprise LTSC 21H2 x64 (19044.6691):

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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.txt\ShellNew]

;
; At first none of the 2 below methods worked at all i.e. the original Values in Registry stayed unchanged - thus the default >>Text Document<< in the >>New<< sub-menu prevailed. But then this second Key started to accept changes - and it really started to work i.e. it affected the content of the >>New<< sub-menu
;

; [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.txt\ShellNew]
; "MenuText"="TXT file"

; [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\txtfile]
; @="TXT file"

;
; However this above second one worked only for FreeCommander - but not for Windows Explorer and Dual Commander i.e. the new entry did not show when using them. To affect the >>New<< sub-menu in all 3 of these program the below solution is needed. Although in still does not show up for some locations - unless the user will Take Ownership of that path using the Winaero Tweaker method
;

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Classes\.txt\ShellNew]
"NullFile"=""

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Classes\TXT_file___associated_via_the_REG_script]
@="TXT file"

;
; The below is the original entry, needed for restoration of default state
;

; [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.txt\ShellNew]
; "MenuText"=-

; [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\txtfile]
; @="Text Document"

Maybe for somebody this will work when other REG adjustments will not