[Help] How to rename create new file menu entries?

If I/we know what you wanted to do, can help You. But no way can understand what's your problem or what you want to do or change.
True, the easiest way to add something into right-click menu is to use the registry editor, but there are also other methods. For example, in many cases a .dll file used. Really, almost everything can be changed if you only know where those things are and what You exactly want to do. For different things may be a different methods how to do it.
So, if there is a specific problem, we can look on it and give recommends, how to do it or solve it.

 

Honestly, I don't understand. Do you want to make new link in the menu named "New", it means a new shortcut, such as Word Document (the Text Document already exists there).
You can put to right-click menu just about anything you want.

 

It is given the understanding that you already know how to add an entry or entries in the right-click context (pull-down) menu. So, this new file type (whatever the format that it may be) is already on the list of given options to choose from.

But...., it is my understanding that what you want to achieve is to change/replace/alter the Windows default naming scheme and convention on and for the creation of a "New" file;

So if I am not mistaken, and If that is so, go to the "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\NamingTemplates" key and edit or modify the value from the "RenameNameTemplate" string with what you want to present instead of the "New" + whatever_file.ext (No "special characters" allowed).

After this is done, whatever "New" file that you create, it will (by default) be named and presented (highlighted-selected) with whatever value is in there.


I hope that this is what you looking for.

naming_scheme.reg

Code:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\NamingTemplates]
"RenameNameTemplate"="WHATEVER_IT_COMES_TO_MIND"

(As_Admin.) from the command> shell:

Code:

reg add "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\NamingTemplates" /v RenameNameTemplate /t REG_SZ /d "WHATEVER_IT_COMES_TO_MIND" /f

*NOTE:
The the naming scheme for the "Copy" files (or a "Copy of" another file) is similar, by default, when a file is copy-pasted in the same location of the original file, it results ending named as "whatever - copy.ext" ; this naming scheme can be modified on the string called "CopyNameTemplate", which its default value is "%s - Copy", and you can change it to whatever you want (no special characters are allowed).

On the Windows Registry;

Code:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\NamingTemplates]
"CopyNameTemplate"="WHATEVER_IT_TOO_COMES_TO_MIND"

or, (As_Admin.) from the command shell:

Code:

reg add "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\NamingTemplates" /v CopyNameTemplate /t REG_SZ /d "WHATEVER_IT_TOO_COMES_TO_MIND" /f

* * * WARNING: NOT ALL SYSTEMS ARE EQUAL. THE CERTAIN CHANGES AND MODIFICATIONS OF KEYS, STRINGS, BINARIES AND WORDS VALUES IN THE WINDOWS REGISTRY CAN HAVE UNDESIRED IRREVERSIBLE RESULTS AND CAN LEAD TO THE LOSS OF DATA. DO NOT MAKE ANY CHANGE(S) UNLESS YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT YOU AND ONLY YOU, IS RESPONSIBLE OF ANY HARM OR DAMAGE FOR DOING SUCH ACTION.

 

I am so very sure as I can be...
It is why, for such case, the command shell line and .reg content to merge are for...
It should be okay for the 1803.