Fix for the Missing Right Click New Microsoft Word Document Choice

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If you are a serious Windows user, you should know how you can right click in a folder or on your desktop and choose the New menu option and then choose from one of the many choices from there.
One common issue that many Microsoft Office users have is that they are missing the New Microsoft Word Document choice from this menu and the typical methods that people try to fix the problem simply don't work.
This video goes over some registry changes you can make that will help to resolve the problem. There is no one simple fix so you need to make sure that all of the registry entries are there and typed correctly.
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@TheSinglecoillover 9 месяцев назад

Thanks for the helpful video! Everything in my registry was fine, EXCEPT the Word.Document.12 string mentioned in the last minute of the video. As others have mentioned, I previously had OpenOffice and LibreOffice on my PC. This is probably where the problem originated.

@milandrenovakovic327 7 месяцев назад

Finally a solution! Thanks

@KorsarNik 2 года назад

4:31 This is what was missing and what did the trick for me. Thank you!

@AyushmaanMishra Год назад

same lol

@dominicbrauer Год назад

same

@tootim69 8 месяцев назад

same

@Danielagostinho21 2 года назад

Was following the whole tutorial and everything was exactly the same was starting to getting desperate. Fortunately you mentioned the Default value of the .docx key and it fixed. Thank you!

@SL4RK 7 месяцев назад

4:45 That's what helped solve the problem, thanks, man.

@eduardopatricio 7 месяцев назад

Thank you!! Finally a solution 🎉🎉I love you!

@ethanfreeman9623 5 месяцев назад

This was a lifesaver!!! Thank You so much! The icons for my .docx files are back to the Word icon again after trying to install an older Microsoft Office by mistake and having Office 365. You rock!

@finiteloops8610 7 месяцев назад

Thank you so much for explaining so clearly how to do this. Microsoft Office 2021 was working well until a Windows 10 update. After the update, it had been uninstalled! So, reinstalled it, and it was all okay except for Word. Thanks again!

@casandeepsubhedar 8 месяцев назад

I nailed it by watching this video. Thanks bro.

@harshchoksi8471 8 месяцев назад

Wow, it works. Brilliant piece of work.

@driftwolf 9 месяцев назад

Thank you, exactly what I was looking for.

@lordodonnell5557 Год назад

Thanks a lot. One week or more wasted trying so many different options and apps

@pyromethious 3 месяца назад

It seems the common issue is the Word.Document.12 string. I followed the link to get my answer / directions faster.

@zakib288 10 месяцев назад

Thanks a Lot .... it works for me

@HRRNiceguy Год назад

Solved my problem which our IT responsible can't. Thanks a lot!

@latexi5581 6 месяцев назад

Thank you. I lost the ability to create word files after installing open office. the option was changed to open offices own filetype. Then after uninstalling, the option was completely gone. The last thing you mentioned was the fix for me.

@charlottematou5896 2 года назад

Thank you so much, you helped fix a problem that has been bugging me for weeks, especially because it prevented opening Word Documents from third-party programs (such as ABBYY FineReader or OmegaT). Plus, it was to the point and very well explained. Kudos!

@ethanfreeman9623 5 месяцев назад

It did bug me for a few days, but I am glad we figured this out with this video too!

@johnhudak3953 Год назад

Thank you! The last tip in the video did it for me. Still trying to fix a problem in that my Word file icon is incorrect (same icon as a text document). If you have any fixes, please share.

@OnlineComputerTips Год назад

Right click your Word icon and choose Properties. Then click the Change Icon button. Then browse to C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office oot\Office16 and find the WINWORD.exe file and double click it or choose Open. the Office 16 part of the path might be different for you depending on what version of Office you are running.

@alessandror.7087 Год назад

Thank you very much. It solved the issue

@santiago_meneghetti Месяц назад

Broooo! Saved my life! You are amazing.

@Ba72an Год назад

Thank you so much. Your video helped me solve the issue.

@saintemmalex7929 6 месяцев назад

thank you. what helped was I changed the data value in the .docx (Default) key from Windows.Recipe to Word.Document.12. Sometimes all settingsfound in tge .docx\Word.Document.12\ShellNew are as described in the video and it still doesn't work, check the .docx\Default value data, it might be Windows.Recipe instead of Word.Docyment.12

@sphiwemthimunye858 Месяц назад

Thank you ,this method is very precise and short because even after following all the steps in the video still it wouldn't work

@niyatisingh5619 2 года назад

Thank you. It worked for me!

@aljannico6682 Год назад

Thanks very much. One additional hint: the top-level registry entry for the file type .docx may also be the culprit: Situation and Solution: Recently OpenOffice (Version 4.1.14, March 2023) overwrote (in an updating install) the registry key setting for the top-level .docx entry (which you don't show in the video, as you never click directly on the .docx entry). On the toplevel of .dotx, there are 3 entries (the first (default), Content Type, and PreceivedType). OpenOffice changed only the first entry to OpenOffice.Docx (which breaks the context menu), it had to be corrected back to Word.Document.12 OS: Windows 10 Maybe that helps some folks.

@prorok608 2 года назад

Thank you! Finally I find a way out how to fix it.

@sandeshrathod9699 2 года назад

Thanks a Lot..! your walk through for fixing the problem came as a real life saver..

@saadarshad5249 Год назад

Thank you. You just made my day!

@md.ashiqurrahamannishad2896 Месяц назад

Thanks man, that solved the problem.

@elmyncrause7204 Год назад

SO FREAKING HELPFUL!!! Thank you so much!!

@acucarwow 4 месяца назад

Awesome, helped a lot ☺

@randyma7518 2 года назад

Thanks for the video, I finally fixed my problem. But could you make a video for excel. I'm having a problem with that too... Thanks in advance!

@hanishaarora5168 5 месяцев назад

I have all 3 file in shellnew folder but the word file is still not appearing like a MS word blue file icon. It is displaying as a blank piece of white paper. And that's what i can see everywhere i save a word file. What to do?

@phatnguyenhuyhoang3659 2 года назад

You're a lifesaver! Thank you.

@truthpls 2 года назад

Thanks, I had installed OpenOffice and it was set as the default instead of Word.Document.12

@imSajjad174 Год назад

*Tnx firts method worked*

@DeathLock666 Год назад

I'm still having the issue im on windows 11 with Microsoft office provincial plus 2016 and the file directory doesn't exist the issue for it not showing up has been there since i updated to windows 11.

@李璟阳 Год назад

Thank you sir, this worked perfectly!

@SurrenderNein 2 месяца назад

Many thanks!

@ivicapavlovic6974 9 месяцев назад

Thank you, it worked.

@mpylynskyi 10 месяцев назад

Thank you so so so much!!!!/ You are a life saver)

@PauDomingo Год назад

made my day, thank you so much

@chads-stuff 2 года назад

Thank you Thank you Thank you. It was the very last thing, to ensure "Word.Document.12" in the main ".docx" key. It was pointing to "docxfile" which was all about Wordpad.

@Michaaaaaaaa 10 месяцев назад

Followed everything, but did not work for me under Windows 11. Any additional things to take care of?

@Michaaaaaaaa 10 месяцев назад

Fix: reboot or go to task manager and "Restart" the Explorer.exe process

@DrNBShridhar 2 года назад

Thanks this worked

@engr.osamaahmed5339 2 года назад

Thank yo so much dear. It is really working and it solved my problem........

@penstar Год назад

Thanks, worked a treat :)

@chrismcbride3029 9 месяцев назад

Thanks! The last one was what mine was missing. default=Word.Document.12 on .docx

@richardsavagevoice Год назад

Awesome! Thank you! 😎😎👍👍

@Re-pairs Год назад

what should i do if there null file in 2:05 is this mean the file is corrupted or sumtin, what should i do? and when i copy the link and open it, it open my word not like 3:17

@roxanadianafador 2 года назад

Yeeeeeeey !!!! THis fixed my problem! THANK YOU SOOO SOOOO SOOO MUCH!!!!

@Mia_Skywalker Год назад

Thank you for this - it was driving me nuts. And like others before me have noted, it was OpenOffice that caused the problem. 😠

@timmulligan5958 Год назад

The C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office oot\VFS\Windows\ShellNew\word.docx path wasn't recognized in Windows Explorer. Any other ideas? Thanks

@OnlineComputerTips Год назад

If you are pasting that path into File Explorer, then leave off the word.docx C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office oot\VFS\Windows\ShellNew\

@timmulligan5958 Год назад

@@OnlineComputerTips I went to your website and used the directions there to create the root\VFS\Windows\ShellNew\word.docx path, now it works! Thank you! Nobody else on the internet has the right solution and it goes without saying that MS doesn't have a clue on how to fix.

@MrShaw 2 года назад

Lifesaver Bro

@caesarali7191 2 года назад

In my case I don't have the path C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\VFS\Windows\ShellNew The root file is missing from the Microsoft Office folder. I downloaded a registry edit file and it solved it.

@hanily860 2 года назад

WHEN I RIGHT CLICK INTO MY HD PARTITION THERE IS NULL IN [NEW] ITEM IT SHOWS EMPTY !!, PLEASE CAN YOU FIX THAT !

@lakoapo 2 года назад

It worked! Thank youu

@bikes02 Год назад

I don't use Office so the only thing that was missing in my right click menu was new text document.......You don't NEED to do any reg edits, all you have to do is - go to start menu, search for notepad, then right click on the notepad app, click "app settings" and then click Reset

@arynbhar Год назад

Thanks

@elitke 8 месяцев назад

Hmm it's strange, I don't have that ROOT folder in my Office folder, but all the files in the registry editor was fine, so I just used repair option from the Control Panel and after restarting the system the docx appeared under "New" 🤔