Vista & TextPad on the Context Menu

[stikle]

So..having problems getting TextPad to be listed on the file context menu in windows Vista? Yes, me too. 4.73 & 5.00 don't put them on the main context menu and the other thread referencing launching TextPad as admin and selecting the context menu didn't work for me.

Save the following code as TextPad_Context_Menu_Fix.reg

Code: Select all

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\Open with TextPad]
@=""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\Open With TextPad\command]
@="textpad.exe %1"

Then run the .reg file to import the settings to your registry. Tadah.

* You may have to run it as Administrator. I disabled UAC so I can't test that.

** If it causes you a problem, just go browse the registry and delete that key. If you don't know how to do that, maybe you shouldn't mess with this.

*** Use at your own risk. Your mileage may vary. Don't blame me or hold me responsible, etc etc etc. This worked for me in Vista Ultimate x64. This is a very basic registry hack, I can't provide any help.

[anaxamaxan]

Thanks for the quick fix. Worked fine for me, also using Vista Ultimate 64-bit (AMD Turion x64), and yes it does work with UAC enabled.

[stikle]

Glad to help a fellow Oregonian.
-PDX

[bwoodring]

Very nice, simple tip. I missed that when I moved to Vista from XP.

[jasonb]

This still isn't fixed (workaround aside) in 5.0.2... Unlike the original poster, 4.7.3 has always worked with the context menu in my installation of Vista.

[stikle]

jason-

What version of Vista are you running? x86 or x64?

[jasonb]

What version of Vista are you running? x86 or x64?

Vista Ultimate x86.

[garyfranz]

thanks for this, i had this problem when we moved to Vista Business, x86

[IanJeffray]

Genius. Fixed my Vista Home Premium. Thanks!

[cowwoc]

http://forums.textpad.com/viewtopic.php ... hlight=x86

[pbulley]

Bizarrely, on my Vista Business laptop and Textpad 5.10, the Textpad context menu only appears if UAC is enabled. Disabling UAC causes it to disappear.