Sunday, July 22, 2012

Open with notepad in right click menu (Windows)

Wanna be a programmer ? Most of the advance user wants a notepad editor in right click content menu. If you are one of them this trick is only for you-

1. Click on Start\Run
2. Type notepad & hit enter
3. Paste these command


Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00


[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\Open with Notepad]


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


4. Save it as OpenWithNotepad.reg
5. Double click on it & click yes

* to remove these from right click content paste these command on notepad


Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00


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


Save it as RemoveOpenWithNotepad.reg
Double click on it & click yes.


Ps: If you are afraid of programming download this file containing two of these registry.