Open with Notepad - Right-click menu option

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If you like working with text files and generally like opening any information file with Notepad or your favorite editor this registry tweak will save you a lot of time. What this will do is add a new option to your right click menu "Open with notepad" whenever you right-click a file. Open regedit Goto Start > Run > Regedit and press Enter. This will pop-up the Regedit application (Registry Editor) that makes your life easier when trying to modify or tweak your registry. Modify the registry Now that you have Regedit opened navigate to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\*\Shell Now that you navigated here goto Edit > New > Key and ad the key "notepad" (without the quotes). This should create a folder like icon in your left menu. Now click the new folder called "notepad", double-click the (Default) file and in the pop-up write: "Open with Notepad" (without the quotes). Next click "notepad" and ad another Key value Edit > New > Key and name it "Command" (without the quotes). Next click the "Command" key, go inside, and double-click the (Default) file and in the pop-up write: "C:\Windows\System32\Notepad.exe" "%1" Write exactly like this, INCLUDE ALL THE QUOTES. Now close Regedit and just right-click any file on your computer, you should now have a new option called "Open with Notepad". This could be extended to any editor you prefer and you can also change the text of the option. Create an OpenBSD BOOT CD The OpenBSD team does not supply its users with BOOT-ABLE CD Images, this kind of images are official releases that are commercial. This guide is related to those of you that can not buy the official CD but have a decent Internet connection. You will have to download the OpenBSD packages and create your own OpenBSD BOOT CD. This guide is written for version 4.0 of OpenBSD. BIOS settings for faster memory access There are several ways to make your memory run faster. I will present you some of the settings that you can usually change. Network Speed-up: Registry Changes Here are some changes in the Windows 2000/2003/XP that you can use to speed up your network (internet) connection. Customize right click menu in Flash This tutorial will explain in detail how to customize the right click menu (context menu) in Adobe Flash 8 using ActionScript. Speed up Windows Startup (2000/XP) Learn about the services on your computer and how to speed up your Windows Startup. Subscribe now via RSS feed and get all the new tutorials written by Charan , November 21, 2007 My registry is opening in Notepad not able to work on registry . written by Karthikiyer , February 05, 2008 I am using windows XP. I have the file. I want to open that file in notepad. when i double click the file,it asks option OPEN WITH Then I click notepad,it is opened. Now I want to open the same file in RUN Command. How I open? written by Rakesh Sharma , February 05, 2008 On my computer Regedit,msconfig opens in notepad.I been searchinf on net for a long time but could not find any help.Also CMD,Task manager flashes and goes away. written by deivasigamani , April 08, 2008 hi i am deiva , my system after booting session it displayed some error like "RUNDLL.EXE" how can i clear it , any one help me written by deivasigamani , April 08, 2008 hi this is deiva and i have one doubt in system registry actually when i opening registry with the use of run command it opens with notepad but i want open the registry with normal mode . how? written by suzzanne ladd , June 04, 2008 hi,will open with notepad work with any file,because my opening dummy file is missing.all my files sayes search.notpad is on my folder options but it dosent work.so if i do what you have uptop will it work can you help me please. thanks written by looo loo , February 06, 2009 weiner written by psychoticworm , February 09, 2009 Thanks! using this info for a report in my computer management class(personal) written by sujoy chakraborty , June 27, 2009 how to remove right click open ,explore,properties options?pls tell me. written by Noelle , October 19, 2009 I followed the instructions to add open with notepad to the right click. I am trying to open a folder through the web browser from my school. Through my computer option, I typed the server address in the address bar, clicked the folder and right clicked. I still do not have the open with notepad in the right click options!!!! Uuuugh!!!! Any help would be great!! Thanks- Do you need more help? Ask now! Comment Name Email Website   Add Comment Trackback(0) Comments (10)

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