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Missing new text doc on desktop
Name: Ekim Date: November 16, 2002 at 15:30:20 Pacific OS: WinXP Pro CPU/Ram: P4 1.7/512MB
Comment:
I used to be able to right click on the desktop to create new text document, but now that item is missing. Any idea how to get it back?
Name: Tetzool Date: November 16, 2002 at 15:33:31 Pacific
Reply:
did you recently remove any of your word prosessing programs. What program started when you used the link??? I would start look there for hte answer>
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Response Number 2
Name: Ekim Date: November 16, 2002 at 16:23:47 Pacific
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Just talking about notepad.exe. At one time I could right click the desktop and one of the items was "create new text file here" but now is gone and wondered how to get it back. Possibly some registry problem.
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Response Number 3
Name: CyberSlug Date: November 16, 2002 at 17:42:26 Pacific
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Install TweakUI XP http://download.microsoft.com/download/whistler/Install/2/WXP/EN-US/TweakUiPowertoySetup.exe
After you run it, look for "Templates" in it's sidebar. You can then click the "Create" button and point Explorer to a blank Text file!
Hope this helps!
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Response Number 4
Name: Ekim Date: November 17, 2002 at 07:03:51 Pacific
Summary: Problem may not be the same as yours, but worth checking-- LOGS FOLDER ON DESKTOP: http://www.computing.net/windowsxp/wwwboard/forum/138076.html Report back. ...
Summary: When I right-click on the desktop or folder window and go to "New" on the context menu, the option to create a new Text Document with Notepad is gone. Used to be there, but now it's not. Weird? ...
Summary: Create a new text document insert the following -snipsnip- Set oShellApp = CreateObject("Shell.Application") oShellApp.FileRun -snipsnip- save and rename to 'run.vbs' create a shortcut on your desktop...
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