symlink. error in syntax

Andrey Evgrafov

Hi community!
I want to create simple link to run notepad++ on win 10 with a next command

mklink c:\windows\system32\np.exe “c:\program files (x86)\Notepad++\notepad++.exe” - register NppShell_06.dll.exe

But I catch an error in syntax.Where mistace?

Claudia Frank

it’s been a while since using windows but I’m in doubt that you can create a
link from np.exe to notepad++.exe with additional parameters provided to
notepad++ exe, can’t you?

mklink c:\windows\system32\np.exe “c:\program files (x86)\Notepad++\notepad++.exe”

should work as long as np.exe is not the internal MS notepad because as far as I’m aware MS protects it default application since Windows 10.
But as already said, I’m not up to date anymore - maybe it is working again.
Hopefully enough info to get your problem solved.

Cheers
Claudia