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    • John Ramboo
      John Ramboo last edited by

      Hi,

      I have installed the latest desktop version of Notepad++ 7.5.6 on Windows 10 (edition Pro, version 1709, build 16299.371). Notepad++ installed fine. But setting file associations with “Run as administrator” does not work. Also Notepad++ does not appear in Windows 10 “Set defaults by app” settings section:

      Settings -> Apps -> Default apps > Set defaults by app

      The only workaround I have found is to set each association one by one manually by double clicking on a file with that extension and manually selecting Notepad++ as the default app.

      Is this the only way to do it? Why doesn’t Notepad++ appear in the Windows 10 “Set defaults by app” settings section?

      Thanks for any help!

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      • Marcello Pietrobon104
        Marcello Pietrobon104 last edited by

        I face a similar problem.

        Windows 7 64bit SP1

        When Installing npp.7.5.6.Installer.exe (32bit) the txt files get associated to Notepad++, or at least I can create the association from the context menu ‘Open with…’ / ‘Choose default program’.

        Wen installing npp.7.5.6.Installer.x64.exe this is not possble: not only the entry for Notepad++ doesn’t appear on the context menu ‘Open with…’ , nor in the dialog opened from ‘Choose default program’,
        but even if I browse to '“c:\Program Files\Notepad++\Notepad++.exe” and press ‘Select’ the association is not created.

        I use WinPatrol, and maybe that is interfering and causing the problem, but this problem still doesn’t appear with the 32 bit version of Notepad++.

        Best Regards,
        Marcello

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          • James Steel
            James Steel last edited by

            [SOLVED]
            Worked: ‘File Associations’ in Notepad++ [Settings/Preferences/File Association/Notepad] then add .txt to Registered extensions box:

            https://community.spiceworks.com/topic/2170302-is-anyone-else-having-trouble-setting-notepad-to-be-the-default-txt-editor

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