Missing Notepad in right-click context menu - Help!

[Chocolate_Pizza]

Hey there, I've been searching with Google for the last hour, and usually with Google I'll find my answer within a few minutes but this one is stumping me. I had a virus a few months ago which deleted notepad when I got rid of it, so I restored it using the notepad.exe that's hidden in the dllcache in the System32 folder. Now everything works fine for Notepad except that it's not listed in the right-click context menu (under New), and that's where I use it the most. It's pretty much the only program that I use on that right-click menu too. So I was wondering if there was a program that I could use to edit that menu to put Notepad back, and maybe remove some of that other garbage? I'm running Windows XP Pro and I had a program a long time ago that I used to get rid of things, but I don't know if it allowed me to put them back. Also, if there's not a program to do this, does anybody know how I could go about doing it on my own, either in the registry or something?

I kept hoping there was a hidden folder that was called Right Click Menu or something that would have all of the shortcuts to the programs that were in there, but I haven't found it. So I'm guessing it doesn't use a shortcut system. Anyways, any help would be appreciated.

[lespaton]

You can add Notepad.exe (and any other exe) to the SENDTO component of the Right-Click...

http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;310270

or tweak the Registry...

http://www.technobabble.com.au/techn...text-menus.htm

[Chocolate_Pizza]

Thanks for showing me how to do that, but I probably should have been more specific. I want Notepad to appear back in the "New" section, so that I can right click the desktop, choose New, and have Notepad in there again, because it was removed.

[lespaton]

You mean you want.... New/Text File ??

[Chocolate_Pizza]

Yes I would like the 'New > Text Document' feature restored. Does anybody know how or know of another forum in which I could get a response/advice?

[sgrman05]

Did anyone actually solve the answer to this.....I'm having the same issue.

I have no "New Text File" from Right-click -> New -> "New Text File"

Any help?

[sgrman05]

Hey Guys,

I think I've figured it out....

try the text file association fix here: http://www.dougknox.com/xp/file_assoc.htm

I did that, and it didn't seem to do anything right away....but after a minute or two it was in the right-click menu again....not sure why it took this time, but that's all I did and it was back and working again.

[NidhiDixit]

Hey, that actually worked well..
It was a great help!!
:-)
Thanks