Win11: "New txt file" is missing from the right-click menu

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Win11: "New txt file" is missing from the right-click menu

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After the transition from Win 10 to 11, the New > txt file option is missing from the right-click menu.
I was with TC ver. 10.0, updated to 10.50 - no change.
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Re: txt file is missing from the right-click menu

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That has nothing to do with TC version, other file managers have the same problem in Windows 11.
There is some entry missing in the registry.
Try the following fix:

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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"=""

Windows 11 Home x64 Version 23H2 (OS Build 22631.3374)
TC 11.03 x64 / x86
Everything 1.5.0.1371a (x64), Everything Toolbar 1.3.2, Listary Pro 6.3.0.69
QAP 11.6.3.2 x64
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Re: txt file is missing from the right-click menu

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I doubt it. Windows Explorer has it.
Windows 11 Pro 21H2 Build 22000.856

BDY Bitdefender showed up in the right-click menu in Win 11. :-)
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Re: txt file is missing from the right-click menu

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g200 wrote: 2022-08-13, 13:24 UTC I doubt it. Windows Explorer has it.
Windows 11 Pro 21H2 21H2 Build 22000.856
Windows Explorer was not the question.
We are talking about 3rd party file managers.
Windows 11 Home x64 Version 23H2 (OS Build 22631.3374)
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Re: Win11: "New txt file" is missing from the right-click menu

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That's odd, my Windows 11 PC (not updated from Windows 10) does have the "New text file" entry both in Total Commander and in the Explorer. I don't see any reason why the "New" menu in Explorer should have this entry and TC doesn't.
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Re: Win11: "New txt file" is missing from the right-click menu

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The RegEdit fix did not worked for me. Any other ideas? (Windows 11, TC 10,51, File Explorer has new>TXT)
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Re: Win11: "New txt file" is missing from the right-click menu

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As said in my Windows 11 system all is fine, in TC and in Explorer.
Using TC you don't need such a context menu entry.
Shift-F4 is the way to create a new text file in TC without any need for a context menu.
Windows 11 Home x64 Version 23H2 (OS Build 22631.3374)
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Re: Win11: "New txt file" is missing from the right-click menu

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JohnLemon wrote: 2022-09-10, 10:05 UTC The RegEdit fix did not worked for me. Any other ideas? (Windows 11, TC 10,51, File Explorer has new>TXT)
Which editor is associated with the text file type?
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Re: Win11: "New txt file" is missing from the right-click menu

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@John Lemon - This reg-file from tenforums.com fixed the missing right-click option in TC on Windows 11 (22H2) for me.

Restore default new text document context menu :
https://www.tenforums.com/attachments/tutorials/244784d1567021232-add-remove-default-new-context-menu-items-windows-10-a-restore_new_text_document_context_menu_item.reg
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Re: Win11: "New txt file" is missing from the right-click menu

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ghisler(Author) wrote: 2022-08-14, 07:23 UTC That's odd,
I agree. I have a second PC which was also with win 10 and TC v. 10, and last week updated to win 11. The text file is still in the right-click menu of TC. One PC has it another doesn't. I see only one difference - it doesn't work on win 11 Pro but works on win 11 Enterprise.
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Re: Win11: "New txt file" is missing from the right-click menu

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g200 wrote: 2023-03-24, 13:05 UTC
ghisler(Author) wrote: 2022-08-14, 07:23 UTC That's odd,
I agree. I have a second PC which was also with win 10 and TC v. 10, and last week updated to win 11. The text file is still in the right-click menu of TC. One PC has it another doesn't. I see only one difference - it doesn't work on win 11 Pro but works on win 11 Enterprise.
I have encountered exactly the same problem, what should I do? Do you have a solution?
Windows11 / TC 10.50 / no new txt in TC but has in Explorer.
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Re: Win11: "New txt file" is missing from the right-click menu

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In Windows 11, Microsoft has moved "New text file" to the new collapsed context menu. This menu is not available to 3rd party programs like Total Commander. Strangely I do have the "New" - "Text file" also in Total Commander in Windows 11. Maybe it needs some other registry key.
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Re: Win11: "New txt file" is missing from the right-click menu

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Kishiro wrote: 2022-11-24, 16:41 UTC @John Lemon - This reg-file from tenforums.com fixed the missing right-click option in TC on Windows 11 (22H2) for me.

Restore default new text document context menu :
https://www.tenforums.com/attachments/tutorials/244784d1567021232-add-remove-default-new-context-menu-items-windows-10-a-restore_new_text_document_context_menu_item.reg
Thanks, it works for me.
OS version: Windows 11 23H2
TC version: TotalCommand v10.50
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