File Associations and Windows 10

Roland Thomas

Hi,

I have a user running Windows 10 build 1607 with N++ v7.2.2 32-bit. He registers .TXT file extension for N++ but when he exits and relaunches N++, the association is not retained.

However, if he launches N++ as administrator, the file extension is registered successfully.

Is there a solution for this? As a workaround, I installed this tool that fools Windows into launching N++ when it thinks it is launching Notepad, so this gets around the file association issue.

https://www.binaryfortress.com/NotepadReplacer/

Thanks,
Roland

Claudia Frank

@Roland-Thomas

what about using windows default apps applet where you can define
which program should be the default for which files?

Cheers
Claudia