Tweak Library – Disable the expanding of the menu item “New” in Internet Explorer

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Disable the expanding of the menu item “New” in Internet Explorer (For Current User).

This setting can reduce the default list of sub-menu item “New” in Internet Explorer to a single-sized option list “New Window”, which can open a new Internet Explorer window.

Tweak for : Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows XP, Windows 2003, Windows 2000

Description:

In Internet Explorer, if you go to File > New, the menu item will expand to show options like New Window, Message, Post, Contact and Internet Call. This setting can remove all the sub-menu options and can show only the option “New Window” in main menu.

For this, go to Start > Run, enter "regedit" and navigate to the key listed below. You can create a DWORD value "NoExpandedNewMenu", if this value does not exist.

Now, right-click and modify the value to “1” which can disable expanding of the menu item "New". However, if you want to get back to the original state, change the value to “0”.

The changes will take effect after a restart or logoff.

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Disable expanding of New menu item.reg

The ".reg" file can disable the expanding of "File > New" in Internet Explorer.

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Enable expanding of New menu item (Default).reg

The ".reg" file can enable the expanding of "File > New" in Internet Explorer.

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Registry Entry Details:

Registry Entry 1 :

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\]

Key Type :

Current User

Value Name :

NoExpandedNewMenu

Data Type :

DWORD (DWORD Value)

Enabled Value :

Disabled value :

Other value :

Value Action :

Add an Entry

Steps ScreenShots:

Apply registry settings according below given steps of screenshots with related changes.

The "File -> New" submenu is removed from Internet Explorer.

The "File -> New" submenu is visible by default.

First, click the 'Start' button, and select 'Run'. In the resulting dialog box, type "regedit".

Second, go to [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\], right-click in the open area to create a new DWORD value "NoExpandedNewMenu".

Third, right-click on the 'NoExpandedNewMenu DWORD value and click on "Modify".

Finally, enter the value "1" in the text-box and click on 'OK'.