Delete any ShellNew keys you find here; see the solution spelled out earlier
in this section for details.
4. Right-click the extension key (e.g., .psd), and select Permissions.
5. In the Permissions window, click the Advanced button, and then in the
Advanced Security Settings window, click Add.
6. Next, in the Select User or Group window, type everyone into the Enter
the object name to select field, and then click OK.
7. Finally, in the Permission Entry window, place a checkmark in the Deny
column for Create Subkey, and then click OK when you??™re finished.
8. Click OK, then click Yes when asked whether you??™re sure you want to set
a ???deny permissions entry,??? and then click OK to close the final window.
9. The change will take effect immediately. Test it out by starting the
application; you can press F5 in the Registry Editor to refresh the view
and confirm that no new ShellNew subkey has been added.
You can accomplish pretty much the same thing with File Type Doctor??™s
Lock feature (covered earlier in ???Lock Your File Types???), but that may be
overkill if all you want to do is keep unwanted items out of Explorer??™s New
menu. See ???Prevent Changes to a Registry Key,??? earlier in this chapter, for
other things you can do with Registry permissions.
Fix Internet Shortcuts
Customization is fun, but sometimes all you need to do to a file type is fix it
when it breaks. Most of the time you can just reinstall the application that
originally created it??”unless a UserChoice key is in effect, explained in the
???The Evils of UserChoice??? sidebar??”but that doesn??™t always work.
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