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Always open with Notepad in the File Explorer menu!


In order to have the Notepad Editor always appear in the context menu of MS Explorer, a change in the MS Windows OS Registry is required! 




Everyone knows how to open the free trial processing program , but if you want to open a file type that isn't designed for Notepad, you'll have to click through multiple file options to open it with NotePad. So why not add the "Open with Notepad" option right in your File Explorer context menu!


 
Contents:

1.) ... The registry scripts for "open with Notepad"!
2.) ... Downloading the handy "open with Notepad" scripts!
3.) ... Using the function with Notepad open under MS Windows!
4.) ... What should I watch out for when opening the files with notepad.exe?



1.) The registry scripts for "open with Notepad"!


Add "Open with Notepad" to Explorer menu:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\Open with Notepad\command]
@="notepad.exe %1"


Remove "Open with Notepad" from the Explorer menu

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\Open with Notepad\command]


Or download "Open with Notepad" in the Windows context menu:
►►  Open-with-Notepad-in-MS-Explorer.zip

Create the two scripts, for example on the desktop:

(... see Image-1) 

(Image-1) Always open with Notepad in the File Explorer menu!
Always open with Notepad in the File Explorer menu!

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2.) Downloading the handy "open with notepad" scripts!

After downloading: ►►   Open-with-Notepad-in-MS-Explorer.zip

You can use the scripts directly

Open with Notepad.reg << Add to menu Open

with:

Open with Notepad Remove.reg
<<Remove again from MS File explorer menu

(... see Image-2) 

Tip: ►►  Open the download folder on Windows


(Image-2) Open with Notepad in the File Explorer menu for all Files!
Open with Notepad in the File Explorer menu for all Files!

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3.) Using the function with open notepad under MS Windows!


Using the function is quite easy, if you mark any file with a right click, the menu item With Notepad now appears!


(Image-3) Open each file with Notepad from File Explorer!
Open each file with Notepad from File Explorer!

The context menu changes should take place immediately. To try it out, just right-click on any file and see if the "Open with Notepad" command appears.



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4.) What should I watch out for when opening the files with notepad.exe?

You can open any file with Notepad, but you should only save text files with it, otherwise data will be lost if unintended files are saved with Notepad!


See also:

►  Windows 11 Notepad in the start menu!
►  Help with Notepad in MS Windows 11, 10, 8.1, ...?  
►  How do I open non-text files (*.txt) with Notepad?




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