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Add TextPad to the right-click menu in Explorer
Posted: Sun May 06, 2007 4:53 am
by OnlyTextPad
It was default on 4.7 , but it seems to have disappeared (at least during my installations ; ) or my be I used HiJackThis too fast
Here is the registry hack working for me ...
So simply save it on a *.reg type of file and double-click it to load it into the registry
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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\TextPad]
@="&TextPad"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\TextPad\command]
@="cmd /c start /max textpad.exe \"%L\""
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\TextPad]
@="&TextPad"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\TextPad\command]
@="cmd /c start /max textpad.exe \"%L\""
;So a non-privileged user can apply it, replace 'HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT' with 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes'
One small slightly annoying thing - the flash of the cmd.exe starting
Any ideas how to make it not appear
Posted: Sun May 06, 2007 12:43 pm
by gan
I think it would be easier using textpad and select "Configure-Preferences" from the menu and check the "Context menu". Then it will be on the context menu in explorer, but it's not started from a dos windows and no cmd.exe flashing.
Thanks it was much easier :D
Posted: Sun May 06, 2007 5:24 pm
by OnlyTextPad
I wander why the check is removed by default on the installer ... anyway moderator please remove this post
Posted: Tue May 08, 2007 12:12 pm
by jasonb
If you have Vista, it doesn't seem to work - even if you configure it. See
this discussion for the correct registry information that won't call it via a DOS window.
Surely not CMD !?
Posted: Wed May 09, 2007 3:34 pm
by WESTERN WOMBAT
That's a kludge, if ever I saw one.
I mean this
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\TextPad]
@="&TextPad"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\TextPad\command]
@="cmd /c start /max textpad.exe \"%L\""
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\TextPad]
@="&TextPad"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\TextPad\command]
@="cmd /c start /max textpad.exe \"%L\""
;So a non-privileged user can apply it, replace 'HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT' with 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes'
Texpad in Right Click Menu for Text & Hex edit
Posted: Fri May 11, 2007 7:36 am
by oneto
I use since version 3 something like:
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[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\Shell\OpenWithTextPadHex]
@="Open with TextPad (Hex)"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\Shell\OpenWithTextPadHex\command]
@="C:\\PROGRA~1\\TEXTPA~1\\TEXTPAD.EXE -s \"%1(0x0001)\""
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\Shell\OpenWithTextPadText]
@="Open with TextPad (Text)"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\Shell\OpenWithTextPadText\command]
@="C:\\PROGRA~1\\TEXTPA~1\\TEXTPAD.EXE -s \"%1(1,1)\""
which give the choice to force an open of ANY file in either Text or Binary mode. Very convenient to have a quick look at weird files !
Short (8-character) paths and filenames - problem
Posted: Fri May 11, 2007 8:59 am
by WESTERN WOMBAT
This may work for you, but the short pathnames and filenames may not be valid for some people - I suspect.
For example, depending on how many versions of TextPad they had installed, and the order in which they insatlled them -
TEXTPA~1
may represent \TextPad 3\ or \TextPad 5\ or \TextPad 4\
[It did not work for me. What happened was that the Windows file association (Open With..) form was shown, with Textpad as the preferred selection.
This occurred even for .txt extension ]
I think it would be best if Helios people provided a simple .REG file, or a new version that fixed some of these poroblems and cleaned up the bad registry settings
(eg, \TextPad 4\ remnants when 5 is installed).
Re: Short (8-character) paths and filenames - problem
Posted: Fri May 11, 2007 9:29 am
by oneto
WESTERN WOMBAT wrote:This may work for you, but the short pathnames and filenames may not be valid for some people - I suspect.
[...]
I entirely agree, that's why I said "something like", meaning "adapt paths/filenames to your configuration"...
I used short paths since under Win95, when I first did used this, paths with blanks were rather tricky to use. Sorry if I wasn't clear enough
Posted: Mon May 21, 2007 1:16 am
by lgpiper
gan wrote:I think it would be easier using textpad and select "Configure-Preferences" from the menu and check the "Context menu". Then it will be on the context menu in explorer, but it's not started from a dos windows and no cmd.exe flashing.
Thank you for finding this. Why ever would someone change basic functionality that we've all been using as default for five years?