

When you install Notepad++ normally, Notepad++ will add an Edit with Notepad++ Explorer Right Click action for all file types. † Warning: editing your registry can be dangerous edit your registry at your own risk the developers of Notepad++ and contributors to this documentation cannot and will not be held responsible for mistakes made during registry changes or unintendended consequences of such edits Explorer Right-Click menu

However, Microsoft has changed things in Windows 11, and this may not work for you.
Notepad++ portable right click windows 7#
This has historically worked from Windows 7 through Windows 10. Use the the following comment to undo the replacement: reg delete "HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\notepad.exe" /v "Debugger" /f Note that you may need to use %ProgramFiles%\Notepad++\ to substitute for %ProgramFiles(x86)%\Notepad++\ if you have Notepad++ 64-bit installed, or use other path if your Notepad++ is installed in a non-default location. However, there’s no obvious way to do it.įrom the version 7.5.9 onward, you can run the following command to make Notepad++ replace Notepad (run in cmd.exe with Administrator privileges) †: reg add "HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\notepad.exe" /v "Debugger" /t REG_SZ /d "\"%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Notepad++\notepad++.exe\" -notepadStyleCmdline -z" /f You may want to use Notepad++ instead of Notepad. Notepad is a default text editor shipped with Windows.
