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rightclick - New - shortcut just creates an empty file, doesn't start the wizzard.
Hello all,
When I on two XP computers, over time rather personalized, on the desktop or folder, rightclick - "new" - "Shortcut" I just get an empty file named "new shortcut" (no extension), and thats it. However, on a third one, with a rather basic configuration, a "Create shortcut" wizzard than pops up, asking for a to-be-linked-to target, and a new name for the file. Does anyone have any idea how to 1) Re-activate the "Create shortcut" wizzard follow-up. (I have absolutily no idea why the wizzard disapeared!) 2) remove the "shortcut" link from the rightclick - "new" menu (preferred. Its rather useless to me anyway, as a rightclick target - drag- create shortcut is much more convenient) Regards, Rudy Wieser |
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rightclick - New - shortcut just creates an empty file, doesn't start the wizzard.
On Thu, 3 Sep 2020 12:56:04 +0200, R.Wieser wrote:
Hello all, When I on two XP computers, over time rather personalized, on the desktop or folder, rightclick - "new" - "Shortcut" I just get an empty file named "new shortcut" (no extension), and thats it. However, on a third one, with a rather basic configuration, a "Create shortcut" wizzard than pops up, asking for a to-be-linked-to target, and a new name for the file. Does anyone have any idea how to 1) Re-activate the "Create shortcut" wizzard follow-up. (I have absolutily no idea why the wizzard disapeared!) Broken Shell registry setting? For `.lnk` file, its registry key should have a `ShellNew` subkey. In that `ShellNew` subkey, it should have a `Command` string value with below data: rundll32.exe appwiz.cpl,NewLinkHere %1 If everything seems already OK, chances are that there's third party software inteference. 2) remove the "shortcut" link from the rightclick - "new" menu (preferred. Its rather useless to me anyway, as a rightclick target - drag- create shortcut is much more convenient) The `Folder` and `Shortcut` menu items in the `New` popup submenu are hard coded in SHELL32.DLL. They're added dynamically from code, instead of based on menu resource. And it doesn't care whether the registry has any entries for shortcut file and folder/directory types, or not. |
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rightclick - New - shortcut just creates an empty file, doesn't start the wizzard.
JJ,
Broken Shell registry setting? I just checked, and you hit the nail on the head. The "ShellNew" key name was altered. And there is a good chance that I, long ago, did that myself .... whistling silently, while trying to look innocent Thanks. The `Folder` and `Shortcut` menu items in the `New` popup submenu are hard coded in SHELL32.DLL. They're added dynamically from code, instead of based on menu resource. And it doesn't care whether the registry has any entries for shortcut file and folder/directory types, or not. I was already a bit afraid of that. Oh well, you can't have everything. Regards, Rudy Wieser |
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