Some Windows 10 users are complaining about an peculiar issue of absence of “NEW >” context menu from their respective Windows 10 systems. In case, if you are right clicking on desktop window and unable to find the “NEW >” context menu on your computer, simply follow the process described in this article and the problem will be solved.
Restore missing “NEW” context file in Windows 10
To restore your old context menu, follow these steps-
1. Press Windows key+R to launch Run window. Type “regedit” in Run window and then hit Enter to launch Registry Editor on your computer.
Simply click on “Yes” if you are prompted for permission by User Account Control.
2. In Registry Editor window, click on “File” and then click on “Export” to create a backup of registry on your computer.
3. In Export Registry File window, choose a favorable location to store the backup on your computer. Then, name the backup as “Original Registry“.
4. Set the ‘Export Range‘ to “All” and then click on “Save” to save the registry backup on your computer.
If anything goes wrong, you can simply recover your registry.
5. In Registry Editor window, on the left pane, navigate to this location-
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\New\
6. Now, on the right pane of Registry Editor window, check if there is “Default” key or not.
7. Check if the Value Data of “(Default)” is “{D969A300-E7FF-11d0-A93B-00A0C90F2719}.
Otherwise follow the next steps to create the ‘(Default)‘ string on your computer.
8. Following two cases may prevail-
9. If the ‘Value Data’ of (Default) is different– you have to change the ‘Value Data‘. Follow the steps-
a. Double click on “(Default)” string.
b. Now, copy-paste this data in Edit String window, and then click on “OK“.
{D969A300-E7FF-11d0-A93B-00A0C90F2719}
10. If you see there is no “Default” string in the right pane- then you have to create the string on your computer.
a. Right click in the open space in Registry Editor window and then click on “New >” and then click on “Multi-String Value“.
b. Name the string as “(Default)“.
c.Double click on “(Default)” string.
d. Now, copy-paste this data in Edit String window, and then click on “OK“.
{D969A300-E7FF-11d0-A93B-00A0C90F2719}
11. Now, you have to restart File Explorer on your computer.
Follow the steps to do the same-
a.Press Ctrl+Shift+Enter to launch Task Manager on your computer.
b. In Task Manager window, scroll down and find “File Explorer” process on your computer, right click on it and then click on “Restart” to restart the process on your computer.
After restarting File Explorer, right click and check, “New” context menu will be restored successfully.
Sambit is a Mechanical Engineer By qualification who loves to write about Windows 10 and solutions to weirdest possible problems.
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