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Jaruzel on July 21, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: Why does the New menu even exist for creating new ...

IIRC they are entries in the registry - a lot of 'cleaner' apps for windows lets you edit the list.

qwerty456127 on July 21, 2021 [–]

Historically they have always been just template files in a special directory. Perhaps this has changed recently, I don't really know about Windows 10.

Jaruzel on July 21, 2021 | [–]

I know that WAY back in the 3.1/95 days there was a ShellNew folder that contained the template files, maybe it's a mix of both now?

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