Add to New menu

Lee, thank you for giving some of your time. I tried maually(no luck) and I tried with TweakUI.  In my registry the ShellNew key was added to the the .jsp key  and the in the right pane the name "fileName"  with type "REG_SZ" and Data of "920953.jsp"   is displayed.  I looked in  C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Templates    and  the file 920953 is there.  I restarted my machine several times. No luck yet.  I have XP SP2.   What am doing wrong ?

>and  the file 920953 is there  
I meant  to say   920953.jsp  is there.

I'm not sure just what you did.  This link from the page I told you about seems to me to be the easiest to follow:

http://windowsxp.mvps.org/shellnewadd.htm

>>  restarted my machine several times. No luck yet

Hi, rrz@871311

Is the file associated correctly with an application? And if so, which application is it?

Click Start, Run and type:

CMD /K REG QUERY HKCR\.JSP

Press ENTER.

Copy the output, and paste the information along with your reply.

Lee, I did read that last page you posted. I tried using NullFile manually and then I used TweakUI to use FileName as I described in my last post.  But, no luck yet.
sramesh2k, thank you for giving me some of your time.
>Is the file associated correctly with an application?
I am using  an old program called "Programmer's File Editor" ( http://www.lancs.ac.uk/people/steveb/cpaap/pfe/default.htm )I have using it for 8 years and I never felt the need to change to something else.  I have gone to Folder Options,File Types and  I use PFE for a lot of different files. I use it open to JSP files and java source files. I also use it to edit HTML files, property files and XML files.
Here is the output that you requested( PFE32 is what I am using).
! REG.EXE VERSION 3.0

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.JSP
    <NO NAME>   REG_SZ  PFE32

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.JSP\ShellNew

Hi rrz@871311,

Interesting! 920953.jsp is not shown in the output?

Download FileExtInfo from here:

FileExtInfo - View the association settings for a file type easily:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/fileextinfo.htm

Unzip and run the tool. Select .JSP from the listing and generate a report. Copy and paste the contents in your reply. This report will have the complete details that I'm looking for.

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.JSP]
@="PFE32"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.JSP\ShellNew]
"FileName"="920953.jsp"


[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\PFE32]
@="Programmer's File Editor (32-Bit)"
"EditFlags"=dword:00000000
"BrowserFlags"=dword:00000008
"AlwaysShowExt"=""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\PFE32\shell]
@=""


[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.JSP]
"Application"="PFE32.EXE"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.JSP\OpenWithList]
"a"="javaw.exe"
"MRUList"="ghebfdca"
"b"="eclipse.exe"
"c"="NOTEPAD.EXE"
"d"="WORDPAD.EXE"
"e"="iexplore.exe"
"f"="gvim.exe"
"g"="PFE32.EXE"
"h"="TweakUI.exe"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.JSP\OpenWithProgids]
"jsp_auto_file"=hex(0):
"PFE32"=hex(0):

I just want to create a empty file. So, I guess NullFile or FileName will do.  

I now see where the problem is. Pls post the full path to PFE32.EXE, and I'll create a REG file for you.

C:\pfe\PFE32.exe

Success. Thank you, Lee and sramesh2k.  I am impressed with your expertise. I increased the points because this was more work than I originally thought. I learned a little more about windows and that is always good. In the future should I always put applications in  C:\Program Files    ?   Would that have made this easier ?

Hi rrz,

The problem is that the file class was not registered completely (no shell\verb present). The location of the exe is not the problem.

Thanks, sramesh2k.