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Creating a New Microsoft Word Document USED TO BE quick, simple, and easy, just Right Click > New > Microsoft Word Document. WHY did you have to make it more complex to find & create new Word docs?

Anonymous
2025-02-15T10:57:28+00:00

I'm serious, this is stupid. In order to create a new Word Document it's all mixed up in a single "All-In-One" app client of some sort? I can't just right click and have the thing added directly to my desktop open it up and start working? I have to do a ridiculous App opening gymnastics just to make it create a file and then I have to have the thing create a copy TAKING UP UNNECESSARY MEMORY SPACE FOR THIS BY THE WAY just to have two files of the same thing saved to my desktop AND to the app which both are treated as if they're separate files because one gets worked on while the other isn't, so it just sits there with the same file names?

Seriously, just go back to the old ways of how Microsoft treated these files. This was a ridiculous and unnecessary change. ALL I WANT is just to Right Click > New > Create Microsoft WORD Document --- AND THAT'S IT!!!

What made it worse is that you made this entire thing feel like you have to redownload Microsoft Office (WHEN CLEARLY NOBODY HAD TO), and reinstall the same thing just to relearn how to make a Word document?

This is why Windows 7 and/ or XP was arguably the best OS, because everything else that came after were just unnecessary

I even tried creating an exception to add it to a list of Right Click > New options using Registry Edit and it didn't work.

Did you REALLY think it was necessary to make something so simple & easy to use so complicated & complex?

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  1. John Korchok 231.6K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2025-02-16T16:44:22+00:00

    I just ran that registry change yesterday and it worked as expected. Some pages about this issue are confusing in the way they refer to enabling and disabling the feature. If the enable routine on a page doesn't do the job, try the disable method on the same page.

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  2. Jay Freedman 207.6K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2025-02-15T22:53:16+00:00

    The method for re-enabling the full context menu in Windows 11 has been available on the Internet for more than 18 months and has been published on a number of reliable web pages. It involves adding two values to the Windows registry, which can be done simply by opening a .reg file that you can download.

    Here's one of the sources of the .reg file and instructions for using it:

    https://www.howtogeek.com/759449/how-to-get-full-context-menus-in-windows-11s-file-explorer/#download-our-one-click-registry-hack

    HowToGeek.com is a trustworthy site.

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  3. Stefan Blom 339.3K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2025-02-15T18:08:33+00:00

    Windows 11 has added the "simplified" context menus, with fewer options. To get the full context menu, including the New command, you now have to press Shift + F10 (or Shift + Fn + F10 on some keyboards) as you right-click the Desktop.

    See other replies for a description of a registry hack which can restore the classic, full context menus.

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  4. Sumit 43,786 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2025-02-17T03:04:11+00:00

    I've literally tried the Windows Registry already multiple times before you mentioned it. IT DOES NOT WORK!

    While entering the command, use a screen recorder using Win+SHIFT+R and upload it. Let us see what you are doing wrong. Please use Onedrive or any cloud service to upload the recording.

    PS: I wrote this article and it has 1.3 million views. No reports that this doesn't work.

    Restore old Right-click Context menu in Windows 11 - Microsoft Community

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  5. Anonymous
    2025-02-15T12:05:08+00:00

    Its been the same since o365 was first released

    O365 when installed under a Win user admin account, and run from that admin account, auto logs in when the PC is started. There is no separate login for any component.

    Win search for Word > Resulting shortcut > Rt click > Pin to task bar > start Word from that shortcut (hover mouse over the shortcut gives access to the 10 most recent docs)

    Same for other core components.

    Start eg Word open an old doc via recents/search

    Rarely any need to access OneDrive itself.

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