{"id":27165,"date":"2023-01-21T14:51:40","date_gmt":"2023-01-21T13:51:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/?p=27165"},"modified":"2023-01-21T16:52:54","modified_gmt":"2023-01-21T15:52:54","slug":"remove-templates-from-explorer-new-menu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/27165\/remove-templates-from-explorer-new-menu\/","title":{"rendered":"Remove Templates from Explorer &#8211; New Menu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>How can I remove an item from the Explorer &#8220;New&#8221; menu?<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of content<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/27165\/remove-templates-from-explorer-new-menu\/#The_problem\" >The problem<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/27165\/remove-templates-from-explorer-new-menu\/#Video_description\" >Video description<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/27165\/remove-templates-from-explorer-new-menu\/#Remove_template_from_registry\" >Remove template from registry<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_problem\"><\/span>The problem<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Some programs leave behind elements, even during uninstallation. E.g. in the templates, which we find via the Explorer &#8211; context menu &#8211; &#8220;New&#8221;. In my case, it was templates for an office package I had installed once. Of course, the instructions also work if the software is installed, and I just want to remove the template.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/explorer_new_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"569\" height=\"519\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-27166\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/explorer_new_1.jpg 569w, https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/explorer_new_1-300x274.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 569px) 100vw, 569px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Video_description\"><\/span>Video description<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nFPxnl9G4kc\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Remove_template_from_registry\"><\/span>Remove template from registry<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The removal is easy via the registry. Here we go to the point &#8220;HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT&#8221;. Here we find a lot of file extensions, now we have to find the right one. The easiest way is to create the template once. The explorer must be set to show the file extension.<\/p>\n<p>In the folder we find a subkey with the name &#8220;ShellNew&#8221;. This adds the item to the context menu.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/explorer_new_2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"723\" height=\"226\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-27168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/explorer_new_2.jpg 723w, https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/explorer_new_2-300x94.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Optionally we can now delete the folder &#8220;ShellNew&#8221;, this only removes the item from the menu, or we remove the key for the file extension. We should only do this if we have already uninstalled the software, otherwise double-clicking on the file type will no longer work.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/explorer_new_3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"327\" height=\"340\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-27170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/explorer_new_3.jpg 327w, https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/explorer_new_3-289x300.jpg 289w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 327px) 100vw, 327px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Once the item is removed, it also disappears from the menu.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/explorer_new_4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1123\" height=\"519\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-27172\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/explorer_new_4.jpg 1123w, https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/explorer_new_4-300x139.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/explorer_new_4-1024x473.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/explorer_new_4-768x355.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1123px) 100vw, 1123px\" \/><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How can I remove an item from the Explorer &#8220;New&#8221; menu?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14619,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1555],"tags":[1558,2068],"class_list":["post-27165","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-software-en","tag-windows-en","tag-windows-en-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27165","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27165"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27165\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14619"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}