When I right click on my desktop to start a new "Text Document" the option to start a new text document does not appear. Several solutions below

1. Try kellys korner for your fix... Line #153 (on the left)
    
2. Check that this key exists
   
   HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.txt\ShellNew\NullFile
   
   If it doesn`t exist,create it.
   
   Right click in the right hand pane of the ShellNew key,
   Select New/String value
   then type: NullFile - Similar ideas HERE
    
3. Goto c:\windows\shellnew and copy in a text file, access the right click menu and see if New Text Document is back and does not matter if you leave it or delete it after this.