If you right-click on the desktop or an open folder (or click on the File menu in Explorer) and choose New, you will be presented with a list of registered file types that can created on the spot. Basically, Explorer will just create a new, empty file (sometimes with a special template) with the appropriate extension in that location. Most of us will not need to be creating new Ami Pro documents on the fly, and there is a way to remove these unwanted entries.

Run the Registry Editor (REGEDIT.EXE). Select Find from the Edit menu, type ShellNew, and press OK. Every ShellNew that is found will be a branch of a particular file type. If that file type is not wanted in the New menu, delete the entire ShellNew branch. Repeat this for every unwanted tile type, and close the Registry Editor when finished. Another, perhaps, EASIER way to accomplish this is to use Microsoft's Add-on utility, TweakUI. It comes as part of Microsoft's Powertoys. Among other things, it will automate the process of clearing items from the New list. CLICK HERE to download TweakUI now.

The nice thing about using TweakUI for this job is that you're given choices. If you simply uncheck the filetype, the entry is nullified in the Registry, but NOT removed. "ShellNew" becomes "ShellNew-", rendering it invisible to the New menu (this is something you might consider as an alternative to deleting the entry if you're doing this by hand in RegEdit). But you can still remove the entry altogether by selecting it, then clicking the "Remove" button.

WARNING!! This is a REGISTRY HACK! And as such, you MUST FIRST make a backup of your Registry so that you can recover from any mistakes you might make. The Registry is a very unforgiving place if you don't know EXACTLY what you are doing. An incorrect Registry entry can render your entire system INOPERABLE. DO NOT attempt to change Registry settings without a Backup. Don't say we didn't warn you...

The Configuration Backup Utility is one of the CD-Extras, so if you don't have the CD-ROM version of Windows 95, CLICK HERE to download it now.