right click launch npp as administrator

patrickdrd · Oct 25, 2018, 9:08 AM

I’m using the following in regedit:

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT*\shell\Notepad++\command]
@="“D:\Utilities\PortableApps\Notepad++\notepad++.exe” “%1"”

to add npp to right click, is there any way I could launch it as administrator?

PeterJones · Oct 25, 2018, 1:18 PM

That’s a Windows/registry question, not a Notepad++ question: it could be phrased as “how do I setup the registry to run application blah.exe, or batch file blah.bat, with elevated permission”. Since the same answer will suffice, no matter the values of blah.exe or blah.bat, and it’s not a Notepad++ question, then you’ve asked in the wrong place

As a hint for finding the solution: I believe you need to look into “runas” for the registry, but I’m not 100% sure. Good luck googling.

patrickdrd · Oct 25, 2018, 2:01 PM

well, the answer was in npp community, not google exactly:
https://notepad-plus-plus.org/community/topic/6929/windows-10-shell-context-menu-error/5