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Easily Opening a File with Notepad


This will enable you to right click on any file and have the option to open it with notepad. Also if a file has no association and you try to open it it will open with notepad

  1. Run 'regedit.exe'
  2. Expand "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT"
  3. Inside "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT", expand "*"
  4. Inside "*", create a key called "shell"
  5. Inside "shell" create a key called "open"
  6. Inside "open" edit the string "(default)" to say "open (notepad)"
  7. Inside "open" create a key called "command"
  8. Inside "command" edit the string "(default)" to say "C:\WINDOWS\NOTEPAD.EXE %1"

Submitted by EIBON