How can I add an item to the 'new' context menu?

One more thing:

If you want to add a file as a template for the new item, use

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.html\ShellNew]
"FileName"="html.html"

and then place the file (html.html) in:

• For your own profile: %Userprofile%\Templates
• For all users: %Allusersprofile%\Templates
• For the whole system: %Systemroot%\ShellNew

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One more detail: if you want to delete the "Windows Live Call" entry, use:

[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.wlcshrtctv2\LiveCall\ShellNew]

To add extensions of your choice to the list: create a file, add the content below, save it as whatever.reg, and run it.

Note: Replace .png with the file extension you want to add and replace whatever with anything you want.

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.png\ShellNew]
"NullFile"=""

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ShellNewHandler helped me to restore my Windows 7 shell menu > New > txt document entry.

1. Uncheck .txt
2. Click Apply
3. Check .txt
4. Click Apply