diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectfilewizardextension.cpp b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectfilewizardextension.cpp
index 5a9e3e03c1f..58a0a76f692 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectfilewizardextension.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectfilewizardextension.cpp
@@ -136,8 +136,10 @@ void BestNodeSelector::inspect(AddNewTree *tree)
     const int projectDirectorySize = projectDirectory.size();
     if (!m_commonDirectory.startsWith(projectDirectory))
         return;
-    bool betterMatch = projectDirectorySize > m_bestMatchLength
-            || (projectDirectorySize == m_bestMatchLength && tree->priority() > m_bestMatchPriority);
+    bool betterMatch = tree->priority() > 0
+            && (projectDirectorySize > m_bestMatchLength
+                || (projectDirectorySize == m_bestMatchLength && tree->priority() > m_bestMatchPriority));
+
     if (betterMatch) {
         m_bestMatchPriority = tree->priority();
         m_bestMatchLength = projectDirectorySize;
diff --git a/src/plugins/resourceeditor/resourcenode.cpp b/src/plugins/resourceeditor/resourcenode.cpp
index 552a6281320..aea60998804 100644
--- a/src/plugins/resourceeditor/resourcenode.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/resourceeditor/resourcenode.cpp
@@ -256,10 +256,11 @@ ProjectExplorer::FolderNode::AddNewInformation ResourceTopLevelNode::addNewInfor
             .arg(QFileInfo(path()).fileName())
             .arg(QLatin1String("/"));
 
-    int p = 80;
-    if (priority(files)) {
-        if (context == 0 || context == this)
-            p = 125;
+    int p = -1;
+    if (priority(files)) { // images/* and qml/js mimetypes
+        p = 110;
+        if (context == this)
+            p = 120;
         else if (projectNode() == context)
             p = 150; // steal from our project node
         // The ResourceFolderNode '/' defers to us, as otherwise
@@ -267,7 +268,7 @@ ProjectExplorer::FolderNode::AddNewInformation ResourceTopLevelNode::addNewInfor
         // Thus also return a high priority for it
         if (ResourceFolderNode *rfn = qobject_cast<ResourceFolderNode *>(context))
             if (rfn->prefix() == QLatin1String("/") && rfn->parentFolderNode() == this)
-                p = 150;
+                p = 120;
     }
 
     return AddNewInformation(name, p);
@@ -389,9 +390,10 @@ ProjectExplorer::FolderNode::AddNewInformation ResourceFolderNode::addNewInforma
             .arg(QFileInfo(m_topLevelNode->path()).fileName())
             .arg(displayName());
 
-    int p = 80;
-    if (priority(files)) {
-        if (context == 0 || context == this)
+    int p = -1; // never the default
+    if (priority(files)) { // image/* and qml/js mimetypes
+        p = 105; // prefer against .pro and .pri files
+        if (context == this)
             p = 120;
     }