creating new files from the local menu on desktop gives erroneous file extension

[Sandor Teglasy]

Dear all,

I've encountered a quite strange phenomenon:

whenever my user clicks on an empty spot on his Windows 2000 desktop and
then chooses New > Text Document, then he doesn't get a .txt-file, but a
..vhd-file. I checked his file associations and both .vhd and .txt are
associated with Notepad.

Which setting (in the registry???) determines, what extension a file gets,
once it is created using New > File Type?

Any help is most welcome.

Regards & Thanks,
Sandor Teglasy jun.

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Sandor,

Add or remove entries in the New objects list (ShellNew):
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/shellnew.htm

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://windowsxp.mvps.org


"Sandor Teglasy" > wrote in message
...
> Dear all,
>
> I've encountered a quite strange phenomenon:
>
> whenever my user clicks on an empty spot on his Windows 2000 desktop and
> then chooses New > Text Document, then he doesn't get a .txt-file, but a
> .vhd-file. I checked his file associations and both .vhd and .txt are
> associated with Notepad.
>
> Which setting (in the registry???) determines, what extension a file gets,
> once it is created using New > File Type?
>
> Any help is most welcome.
>
> Regards & Thanks,
> Sandor Teglasy jun.
>
>