Unable To Add “txt” Item To New Context Menu

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I would appreciate help in adding “txt” file to the NEW context menu.

The instructions I found online are fairly straight forward and easy. But did not work.
I want to add TXT file to NEW and have it open   notepad++.

I have attached pictures from the registry of the relevant keys under HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.txt   I suspect there is something wrong with the key definitions. Note that under the key .txt the reference to Gammadyne.  This is the spell checker for notepad++  and notepad++ must have placed this info in the key; I didn’t do this.

Would appreciate help!! Thank you.

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Notepad++ adds an item to “Edit with Notepad++” in Explorer (right click).
“New” in Explorer allows creation of a text file, which you can then open in NPP.
Is this what you are trying to do?

cheers, Paul

 

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You might try the instructions here: https://www.makeuseof.com/windows-create-new-text-missing/. I have the entry in my context menu but I deleted the data per the instructions and it disappeared. Then I recreated it and it was there again. Hope you have better luck with this one.

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Adding to the New section of the Context menu gets quite complicated. If what you what is a right click Context menu option to open a new document with notepad++ there is a much easier way. Rather than trying to add to the New section of the Context Menu, add TXT (or any name you choose) as a separate Context Menu item. This method will add any app to the Context Menu and clicking TXT to open notepad++ will open it to a new document.

The quick way is to edit the Path address to your notepad++ to replace C:\\Windows\\System32\\notepad.exe\ in the Registry key value below, which adds TXT to the Context Menu and opens Notepad. Replacing that Path address to your notepad++ will open with notepad++. Be careful and do not add extra spaces or delete any of the quotation marks. After replacing the Path, copy the text and paste in notepad++ and save as a .reg file. Merge the .reg file and reboot for the change to take effect.

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell\TXT\command]
@=”\”C:\\Windows\\System32\\notepad.exe\””

If you like I could also give you instructions how to do this manually.

HTH, Dana:))

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