Shorter executable script/exe filename

Картошка с луком

When put into PATH it’s possible to use npp+ from command line
cmd: notepad++ filename
But comparing to vi/vim or nano, or native “notepad” command on Windows, notepad++ is hard to type.
It would be nice to have some shorter version of notepad++.exe, maybe cmd/bat file, which could make possible to run notepad++ in this way or so:
cmd: npp filename

dail

Just rename it yourself or create a symlink

guy038

Hello, Картошка с луком,

Here is, below, an other simple method :

Go to the C:\Windows\System32 folder
Right-click and create a new shortcut, just called NP
Choose, as target, the absolute path of Notepad++.exe
Probably, choose to start this program in the N++ installation folder

Then, to run Notepad++.exe :

Start the Windows Run menu, with the Windows key + R shortcut
Just type NP and valid

=> N++ should start, at once, regardless to your present location :-)

As for me, it works fine, with a portable N++ installation, from an archive file, on a Win XP machine :-)

However, you may come across some related problems, with the W7/W8 configurations and/or the N++ Installer. I couldn’t test these cases as I don’t have, presently, any W7/W8 machine available ( I’m still, in Summer Holidays, guys, Ah, Ah ! )

Best Regards,

guy038