'Open folder in Notepad++' context menu entry

webketje · Oct 27, 2019, 11:34 PM

Dear Notepad++ community,

I’ve fine-tuned a small Windows extension that adds a context menu entry when you right-click a folder, to Open folder in Notepad++ .

You can either download the ZIP archive or clone with git:

git clone https://gist.github.com/bab5acee1f0a47dbc0f5002325741ff4.git

Right-click install.cmd and Run as administrator or read the instructions in the README to install/ uninstall.

Cheers

webketje

Alan Kilborn · Oct 27, 2019, 11:37 PM

I’m really not interested myself (so I’m not going to look), but for others that might be interested…what does it mean to “open folder with Notepad++”? Does it mean Open folder as workspace ?

webketje · Oct 28, 2019, 12:17 AM

@Alan-Kilborn Thanks for the pointer, indeed it opens the folder as workspace.
The script also sets an environment variable NPP_PROJECT which can be used in plugin scripts like NppExec and PythonScript.

webketje · Oct 28, 2019, 9:32 PM

v1.1 - Updates:

Fixed .reg file formatting issues
Changed context menu entry text to Open as workspace in Notepad++ to better align with Notepad++ terminology
Tested and fixed some previously present issues with space characters in paths
Added version requirement (Npp 7.8+) to readme
Added license info (MIT)