ShellNew Icon for "." File Type

Try this, works like magic.

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.]
@="emptyFile"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.\ShellNew]
"NullFile"=""
@="Empty File"
"ItemName"=""
"IconPath"="C:\\windows\\system32\\imageres.dll,2"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.\ShellNew\Config]
"NoExtension"=""

[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\emptyFile]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\emptyFile]
@="Empty File"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\emptyFile\DefaultIcon]
@="%SystemRoot%\\system32\\imageres.dll,2"

Only change. I added a IconPath at the .ext level. File type associations are amazing stuff!