cannot get new menu to work

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I've read numerous things about adding items to the "new" right-click sub
menu in explorer. I have WinXP SP 2. I want to create new php files by right
clicking in the folder. I wrote a VB program that adds two items to the
right-click menu: Open in Browser, and Open with Notepad. If I choose either
of those, the VB program runs, computes the IIS virtual path and opens the
php file through the browser, or uses what's found at txt/shell/open/command
and opens the php file with that. If I can write a VB program to do that,
surely I should be able to make the "new" sub menu work like I want.

At hkey_classes_root I added .php\ShellNew and put the value name "NullFile"
with a blank string value. That did not work. Even after a reboot, my new
item would not appear in the "new" menu. The file class for .php is
"phpfile", so I added .php\phpfile\ShellNew, also with a "NullFile" value
name. Some instructions I found said to do it that way. That didn't work
either.

TweakUI for XP does not have the "new" tab. So I found TweakUI for Win98 and
used that. In TweakUI for 98, in the "new" tab, lo and behold it has "php"
listed. If I toggle "php" on and off while looking in the registry, it
changes the ShellNew key I added to ShellNew- and back again. If it shows up
in TweakUI for 98, why doesn't it work in the explorer "new" sub menu?

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dgm
 
Re: cannot get new menu to work

David,

Is the .PHP file associated correctly? Although there is a file class present for .PHP, there need to be a shell\open\command branch with the application defined in (default) under the file class.

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


"David McDivitt" <david-del@del-subjectivist.org> wrote in message news:3deib319herb52rog1tuhhjdn0ebpqtm72@4ax.com...
I've read numerous things about adding items to the "new" right-click sub
menu in explorer. I have WinXP SP 2. I want to create new php files by right
clicking in the folder. I wrote a VB program that adds two items to the
right-click menu: Open in Browser, and Open with Notepad. If I choose either
of those, the VB program runs, computes the IIS virtual path and opens the
php file through the browser, or uses what's found at txt/shell/open/command
and opens the php file with that. If I can write a VB program to do that,
surely I should be able to make the "new" sub menu work like I want.

At hkey_classes_root I added .php\ShellNew and put the value name "NullFile"
with a blank string value. That did not work. Even after a reboot, my new
item would not appear in the "new" menu. The file class for .php is
"phpfile", so I added .php\phpfile\ShellNew, also with a "NullFile" value
name. Some instructions I found said to do it that way. That didn't work
either.

TweakUI for XP does not have the "new" tab. So I found TweakUI for Win98 and
used that. In TweakUI for 98, in the "new" tab, lo and behold it has "php"
listed. If I toggle "php" on and off while looking in the registry, it
changes the ShellNew key I added to ShellNew- and back again. If it shows up
in TweakUI for 98, why doesn't it work in the explorer "new" sub menu?

--
dgm
 
Re: cannot get new menu to work

>From: "Ramesh, MS-MVP" <ramesh@XOX.mvps.org>
>Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2007 11:00:18 +0530
>Lines: 51
>
>>"David McDivitt" <david-del@del-subjectivist.org> wrote in message news:3deib319herb52rog1tuhhjdn0ebpqtm72@4ax.com...
>>I've read numerous things about adding items to the "new" right-click sub
>>menu in explorer. I have WinXP SP 2. I want to create new php files by right
>>clicking in the folder. I wrote a VB program that adds two items to the
>>right-click menu: Open in Browser, and Open with Notepad. If I choose either
>>of those, the VB program runs, computes the IIS virtual path and opens the
>>php file through the browser, or uses what's found at txt/shell/open/command
>>and opens the php file with that. If I can write a VB program to do that,
>>surely I should be able to make the "new" sub menu work like I want.
>>
>>At hkey_classes_root I added .php\ShellNew and put the value name "NullFile"
>>with a blank string value. That did not work. Even after a reboot, my new
>>item would not appear in the "new" menu. The file class for .php is
>>"phpfile", so I added .php\phpfile\ShellNew, also with a "NullFile" value
>>name. Some instructions I found said to do it that way. That didn't work
>>either.
>>
>>TweakUI for XP does not have the "new" tab. So I found TweakUI for Win98 and
>>used that. In TweakUI for 98, in the "new" tab, lo and behold it has "php"
>>listed. If I toggle "php" on and off while looking in the registry, it
>>changes the ShellNew key I added to ShellNew- and back again. If it shows up
>>in TweakUI for 98, why doesn't it work in the explorer "new" sub menu?
>
>David,
>
>Is the .PHP file associated correctly? Although there is a file class present for .PHP, there need to be a shell\open\command branch with the application defined in (default) under the file class.
>
>--
>Regards,
>
>Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
>Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


I dumped out the two registry keys and pasted them here. From all I've read,
the "ShellNew" key as shown should make an item in the "new" sub menu.

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.php]
@="php_auto_file"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.php\ShellNew]
@=""
"NullFile"=""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\php_auto_file]
@="browser"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\php_auto_file\shell]
@="browser"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\php_auto_file\shell\browser]
@="Open in Browser"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\php_auto_file\shell\browser\command]
@="\"C:\\David\\ASP\\VB\\Projects\\RunPHP\\RunPHP\\obj\\Release\\RunPHP.exe\"
\"%1\""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\php_auto_file\shell\http]
@="Edit HTTP path"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\php_auto_file\shell\http\command]
@="\"C:\\David\\ASP\\VB\\Projects\\RunPHP\\RunPHP\\obj\\Release\\RunPHP.exe\"
\"%1\" /set"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\php_auto_file\shell\notepad]
@="Open with notepad"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\php_auto_file\shell\notepad\command]
@="\"C:\\David\\ASP\\VB\\Projects\\RunPHP\\RunPHP\\obj\\Release\\RunPHP.exe\"
\"%1\" /notepad"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\php_auto_file\shell\open]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\php_auto_file\shell\open\command]
@="\"C:\\php\\php-win.exe\" \"%1\""

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dgm
 
Re: cannot get new menu to work

The same REG file adds a shellnew entry for PHP. But it's shown as "browser".

Make the alteration here.

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\php_auto_file]
@="browser"

set it as
@="PHP File"

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


"David McDivitt" <david-del@del-subjectivist.org> wrote in message news:kjejb35trkt0q0s0b28geso9rfstfvkt43@4ax.com...
>From: "Ramesh, MS-MVP" <ramesh@XOX.mvps.org>
>Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2007 11:00:18 +0530
>Lines: 51
>
>>"David McDivitt" <david-del@del-subjectivist.org> wrote in message news:3deib319herb52rog1tuhhjdn0ebpqtm72@4ax.com...
>>I've read numerous things about adding items to the "new" right-click sub
>>menu in explorer. I have WinXP SP 2. I want to create new php files by right
>>clicking in the folder. I wrote a VB program that adds two items to the
>>right-click menu: Open in Browser, and Open with Notepad. If I choose either
>>of those, the VB program runs, computes the IIS virtual path and opens the
>>php file through the browser, or uses what's found at txt/shell/open/command
>>and opens the php file with that. If I can write a VB program to do that,
>>surely I should be able to make the "new" sub menu work like I want.
>>
>>At hkey_classes_root I added .php\ShellNew and put the value name "NullFile"
>>with a blank string value. That did not work. Even after a reboot, my new
>>item would not appear in the "new" menu. The file class for .php is
>>"phpfile", so I added .php\phpfile\ShellNew, also with a "NullFile" value
>>name. Some instructions I found said to do it that way. That didn't work
>>either.
>>
>>TweakUI for XP does not have the "new" tab. So I found TweakUI for Win98 and
>>used that. In TweakUI for 98, in the "new" tab, lo and behold it has "php"
>>listed. If I toggle "php" on and off while looking in the registry, it
>>changes the ShellNew key I added to ShellNew- and back again. If it shows up
>>in TweakUI for 98, why doesn't it work in the explorer "new" sub menu?
>
>David,
>
>Is the .PHP file associated correctly? Although there is a file class present for .PHP, there need to be a shell\open\command branch with the application defined in (default) under the file class.
>
>--
>Regards,
>
>Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
>Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


I dumped out the two registry keys and pasted them here. From all I've read,
the "ShellNew" key as shown should make an item in the "new" sub menu.

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.php]
@="php_auto_file"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.php\ShellNew]
@=""
"NullFile"=""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\php_auto_file]
@="browser"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\php_auto_file\shell]
@="browser"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\php_auto_file\shell\browser]
@="Open in Browser"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\php_auto_file\shell\browser\command]
@="\"C:\\David\\ASP\\VB\\Projects\\RunPHP\\RunPHP\\obj\\Release\\RunPHP..exe\"
\"%1\""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\php_auto_file\shell\http]
@="Edit HTTP path"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\php_auto_file\shell\http\command]
@="\"C:\\David\\ASP\\VB\\Projects\\RunPHP\\RunPHP\\obj\\Release\\RunPHP..exe\"
\"%1\" /set"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\php_auto_file\shell\notepad]
@="Open with notepad"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\php_auto_file\shell\notepad\command]
@="\"C:\\David\\ASP\\VB\\Projects\\RunPHP\\RunPHP\\obj\\Release\\RunPHP..exe\"
\"%1\" /notepad"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\php_auto_file\shell\open]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\php_auto_file\shell\open\command]
@="\"C:\\php\\php-win.exe\" \"%1\""

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dgm
 
Re: cannot get new menu to work

>From: "Ramesh, MS-MVP" <ramesh@XOX.mvps.org>
>Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2007 19:41:58 +0530
>Lines: 123
>
>The same REG file adds a shellnew entry for PHP. But it's shown as "browser".
>
>Make the alteration here.
>
>[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\php_auto_file]
>@="browser"
>
>set it as
>@="PHP File"

I found the problem. There must be an "open" verb in the file class,
otherwise no entry will appear in the "new" sub menu. There is no
documentation on this I can find. The following is what worked. If there is
no "open" verb, some other verb must be copied. Though I wanted "browse" to
be the default, there still needed to be an "open". I also changed from
NullFile to Command to give more control. At least one line is wrapped
below.

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.php]
@="php_auto_file"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.php\ShellNew]
@=""
"Command"="\"C:\\David\\ASP\\VB\\Projects\\RunPHP\\RunPHP\\obj\\Release\\RunPHP.exe\"
\"%1\" /new"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\php_auto_file]
@="PHP Web Document"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\php_auto_file\shell]
@="browser"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\php_auto_file\shell\browser]
@="Open in Browser"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\php_auto_file\shell\browser\command]
@="\"C:\\David\\ASP\\VB\\Projects\\RunPHP\\RunPHP\\obj\\Release\\RunPHP.exe\"
\"%1\""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\php_auto_file\shell\http]
@="Edit HTTP path"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\php_auto_file\shell\http\command]
@="\"C:\\David\\ASP\\VB\\Projects\\RunPHP\\RunPHP\\obj\\Release\\RunPHP.exe\"
\"%1\" /set"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\php_auto_file\shell\notepad]
@="Open with notepad"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\php_auto_file\shell\notepad\command]
@="\"C:\\David\\ASP\\VB\\Projects\\RunPHP\\RunPHP\\obj\\Release\\RunPHP.exe\"
\"%1\" /notepad"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\php_auto_file\shell\open]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\php_auto_file\shell\open\command]
@="\"C:\\php\\php-win.exe\" \"%1\""

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dgm
 
Re: cannot get new menu to work

>> There must be an "open" verb in the file class

That's exactly what I said in my initial response.

<Q>
Although there is a file class present for .PHP, there need to be a shell\open\command branch with the application defined in (default) under the file class.
</Q>

And the Registry export you posted indicates that the "open" verb is already there.

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


"David McDivitt" <david-del@del-subjectivist.org> wrote in message news:v9fkb3dp2bgk14thflt5ubpjer8aco07ml@4ax.com...
>From: "Ramesh, MS-MVP" <ramesh@XOX.mvps.org>
>Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2007 19:41:58 +0530
>Lines: 123
>
>The same REG file adds a shellnew entry for PHP. But it's shown as "browser".
>
>Make the alteration here.
>
>[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\php_auto_file]
>@="browser"
>
>set it as
>@="PHP File"

I found the problem. There must be an "open" verb in the file class,
otherwise no entry will appear in the "new" sub menu. There is no
documentation on this I can find. The following is what worked. If there is
no "open" verb, some other verb must be copied. Though I wanted "browse" to
be the default, there still needed to be an "open". I also changed from
NullFile to Command to give more control. At least one line is wrapped
below.

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.php]
@="php_auto_file"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.php\ShellNew]
@=""
"Command"="\"C:\\David\\ASP\\VB\\Projects\\RunPHP\\RunPHP\\obj\\Release\\RunPHP.exe\"
\"%1\" /new"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\php_auto_file]
@="PHP Web Document"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\php_auto_file\shell]
@="browser"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\php_auto_file\shell\browser]
@="Open in Browser"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\php_auto_file\shell\browser\command]
@="\"C:\\David\\ASP\\VB\\Projects\\RunPHP\\RunPHP\\obj\\Release\\RunPHP..exe\"
\"%1\""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\php_auto_file\shell\http]
@="Edit HTTP path"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\php_auto_file\shell\http\command]
@="\"C:\\David\\ASP\\VB\\Projects\\RunPHP\\RunPHP\\obj\\Release\\RunPHP..exe\"
\"%1\" /set"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\php_auto_file\shell\notepad]
@="Open with notepad"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\php_auto_file\shell\notepad\command]
@="\"C:\\David\\ASP\\VB\\Projects\\RunPHP\\RunPHP\\obj\\Release\\RunPHP..exe\"
\"%1\" /notepad"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\php_auto_file\shell\open]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\php_auto_file\shell\open\command]
@="\"C:\\php\\php-win.exe\" \"%1\""

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dgm
 
Re: cannot get new menu to work

>From: "Ramesh, MS-MVP" <ramesh@XOX.mvps.org>
>Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2007 11:26:34 +0530
>Lines: 93
>
>>> There must be an "open" verb in the file class
>
>That's exactly what I said in my initial response.
>
><Q>
>Although there is a file class present for .PHP, there need to be a shell\open\command branch with the application defined in (default) under the file class.
></Q>
>
>And the Registry export you posted indicates that the "open" verb is already there.


Yes, you did say that. Thanks for helping. I was going back and forth
between two different machines that had different file classes. But I'm glad
to know how it works now so I can automate it.

--
dgm
 
Re: cannot get new menu to work

No problem David.

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


"David McDivitt" <david-del@del-subjectivist.org> wrote in message news:ps2mb3dnps11r3gjhhee6dj2udl7gln8gi@4ax.com...
>From: "Ramesh, MS-MVP" <ramesh@XOX.mvps.org>
>Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2007 11:26:34 +0530
>Lines: 93
>
>>> There must be an "open" verb in the file class
>
>That's exactly what I said in my initial response.
>
><Q>
>Although there is a file class present for .PHP, there need to be a shell\open\command branch with the application defined in (default) under the file class.
></Q>
>
>And the Registry export you posted indicates that the "open" verb is already there.


Yes, you did say that. Thanks for helping. I was going back and forth
between two different machines that had different file classes. But I'm glad
to know how it works now so I can automate it.

--
dgm
 
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