Open all files in Directory

Robert Or Janet Diebel

get-childitem *.txt |foreach-object {
>>     Notepad++.exe $_.name
>> }

Using Powershell, this will not find or recognize Notepad++
How do I make this work?
It is eazy from Explorer, but it sorts wrong for my purpose.
Powershell & Cmd sort as I want.
I could also use CMD if someone could help with that.
Or could I change the sort function in explorer?
All help much appreciated.

litos81

Hello @Robert-Or-Janet-Diebel ,

you may add the full path to notepad++:

get-childitem *.txt |foreach-object {
>> & "C:\full\path\to\notepad++.exe" $_.name
>> }

Hope it helps!

PeterJones

@Robert-Or-Janet-Diebel .

Either you need to add the directory where notepad++.exe is to your PATH, or you need to include the full path to notepad++.exe in your powershell command (as @litos81 posted just as I was typing)

Robert Or Janet Diebel

@PeterJones
What worked for me:

PS E:\documents\Zambia\LuvaleText> get-childitem *.txt |foreach-object {
>>     Start notepad++ $_.name
>> }
PS E:\documents\Zambia\LuvaleText>

Also, I did get the full path into the path variable.
Thanx to all.
Bob

Mark Olson

@Robert-Or-Janet-Diebel

Glad you figured it out! By the way, going forward you should probably obfuscate any directory paths that you post online, e.g., replacing the true path to a file with C:\path\to\blah.txt

Robert Or Janet Diebel

@Mark-Olson Thanx, good point.