change Textpad to Notepad in Win Explorer right click menu

[Guest]

Hi there,

Since I installed a program called Textpad, it shows up in the menu when
right-clicking on any file. It's not in the "Open with..." section -- just
shows up right under "Open" or very close to it. Is there a way I can change
that to say "Notepad" and then use notepad to open a file to see the source
or whatever I'm doing? I've searched the registry, but it looks at first
glance like an overwhelming job. Any ideas?

Thanks,
PlainDave

 

[Alan Edwards]

Why not just add a shortcut to NotePad in your Send To folder?

....Alan

 

[doremido]

Thanks, Alan. I did that, and it works great. But, I forgot to mention
in my original post that I want "Notepad" to show up in the "first"
right-click menu (as soon as I right-click on a file). Is there a way
to add Notepad to that menu?

Thanks,
PlainDave

 

[Alan Edwards]

I have no idea why you would want it as you have TextPad but if you
only want it on text files, then add an action in File Types.
Explorer-Tools-Folder Options-File Types.
Find 'Text Document'. Press Advanced and add a new action using
Notepad.exe and call it something like "Open with Notepad".

FWIW, I have used TextPad for many years and have rarely found a need
to open files with the old Notepad.

 

[doremido]

Thanks for the advice. I like to use Notepad (selectively) to
occasionally open a binary file because it opens quicker than TextPad
-- smaller prog, smaller memory "footprint." I like the advice you
gave, however. And... I *am* starting to use TextPad more and more --
even since my original post.

Blessings,
PlainDave

 

[Jas gill]

Alan,

where is this folder? I also want to create a default to open Microsoft
Image Writer files that is under printers etc.

When I click on these files, it doesn't open but if I open the Microsoft
Image Writer from Printers then I can open the file just fine.

Thanks.

 

[Alan Edwards]

Mine is C:\Documents and Settings\Alan Edwards\SendTo

An easy way to get to the SendTo folder is to use Start-Run-Sendto

....Alan