create new *.txt file after uninstalling evaluation version

[Guest]

I choose another editor over this one. One reason was that I didn't like that it renamed my text file something like "Zues File" when a user right clicked the desktop and select new. I changed the association for the file back to notepad. Others use the computer and get confused. Also, I didn't want a heavy text editor associated with a *.txt file. When I uninstalled the evaluation after only having it installed two days, I can no longer create new text files by right clicking the desktop, or file->new in Explorer. I verified the HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.txt\ShellNew\NullFile key exists (witch is what defines this unless something rewrote this). I've even tried HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.txt\ShellNew\FileName = "BlankText.txt" that I put in the ShellNew folder. Does any one know how to reverse this... I don't want this evaluation to hose this feature as it is frequently used.

[jussij]

I choose another editor over this one. One reason was that I didn't like that it renamed my text file something like "Zeus File" when a user right clicked the desktop and select new. I changed the association for the file back to notepad. Others use the computer and get confused. Also, I didn't want a heavy text editor associated with a *.txt file.

For what is is worth, all of these fetures are fully configurable.

But in any case what the installer does to the registry, is create this entry in the HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT:

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HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ZeusDocument

and these two entries in the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE:

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HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Xidicone
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\zeus.exe

and depending on the files that you choose to association with Zeus, the installer will modify some or all of these file extension registry entries:

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HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.txt
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.pl
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.py
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.jav
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.java
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.ch
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.chf
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.chs
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.cpp
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.hpp
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.cxx
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.hxx
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.c
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.

The uninstall should have remove the three registry entiries created, but you will need to use the Explorer Tools, Folder Options menu, select the File Types option and re-associate the file types.

When I uninstalled the evaluation after only having it installed two days, I can no longer create new text files by right clicking the desktop, or file->new in Explorer.

What you should do is edit the .txt registry entry found here:

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HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.txt

and modify it's default value to be txtFile.

Cheers Jussi

[Guest]

Thanks,
Modifying the defualt value of 'HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.txt' did it.