Windows New Menu Editor

A Python GUI tool for managing Windows "New" context menu items. This application allows you to:

• Add custom file templates to the right-click "New" menu.
• Remove selected default items from the "New" menu.
• Store templates in %APPDATA%/CustomNewTemplates.
• Open the template directory for easy management.

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📌 Features

✅ Add custom file templates
✅ Remove selected default items
✅ Store templates for reuse
✅ Open template directory easily

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🛠️ Prerequisites

Before running the application, ensure you have the following installed:

• Python 3.x
• PyQt5

Install PyQt5 using the following command:

pip install PyQt5

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🚀 How to Use

Option 1: Run the Python Script

1️⃣ Run the script:

python script.py

2️⃣ Adding a Template:

• Click "Add Template".
• Select a file from your computer.
• The file will be copied to %APPDATA%/CustomNewTemplates and added to the "New" menu.

3️⃣ Removing a Template:

• Select a custom template from the list.
• Click "Remove Selected".
• The file will be removed from the system and the "New" menu.

4️⃣ Managing Default Items:

• Click "Load Default Items" to list existing "New" menu entries.
• Select an item and click "Remove Selected Default Item" to delete it from the registry.

5️⃣ Opening the Template Directory:

• Click "Open Template Directory" to access the stored template files.

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Option 2: Download Standalone EXE

If you don’t want to run the Python script manually, you can download the standalone executable from the Releases section.

📥 Steps to use the EXE version:

1. Download the latest release from Releases.
2. Run the EXE file (No installation required).
3. Follow the same steps as the Python version.

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⚠️ Important Notes

🔹 Removing default items only removes them from the context menu, not from the system.
🔹 This tool modifies the Windows Registry. Run with administrative privileges if necessary.
🔹 Restart Windows Explorer (explorer.exe) after making changes to apply them.

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📜 License

This project is open-source and licensed under the MIT License.

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👥 Contributions

💡 Feel free to submit issues or pull requests to improve this project! 🚀

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