03-23-2016, 02:02 AM
I wanted to replace the Windows Notepad with Notepad++ using the registry, so that when I choose "Open with... Notepad", the file to be opened with Notepad++. I already have one replaced program for which the reg file works like a charm and I assumed the new replacement would work in a similar way. But there was no notepad.exe key in the registry
so I decided to create one. Which I did and I also added the full address to notepad++.exe. But when I try to test the result by opening a simple txt file, Windows tries to open notepad.exe using Notepad++ (not the txt file I chose but notepad.exe) which, as you can imagine, results in spaghetti on the screen, not to mention the error it displays. Which ever button I choose, next thing on screen is another tab (besides notepad.exe tab with the spaghetti) which is named "Files" and which is empty.
What am I missing?
Code:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options
so I decided to create one. Which I did and I also added the full address to notepad++.exe. But when I try to test the result by opening a simple txt file, Windows tries to open notepad.exe using Notepad++ (not the txt file I chose but notepad.exe) which, as you can imagine, results in spaghetti on the screen, not to mention the error it displays. Which ever button I choose, next thing on screen is another tab (besides notepad.exe tab with the spaghetti) which is named "Files" and which is empty.
What am I missing?
Arch Linux, Core i7 4770, GTX 1660 Ti 6GB, 32GB DDR3 RAM
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