<![CDATA[Notepad++ 7.5.9 x32 file association on Win8.1x64 broken]]>This .reg file has worked to open files with notepad++ for many years.

It does NOT work with build 7.5.9 x32 when run on Win8.1x64.

Build 7.5.9 breaks the passed file path into multiple items.

Why is this and how to fix it?

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT*\shell\Notepad++]
@=“Edit with &Notepad++”
“Icon”=“C:\Portable\- Linked\Notepad++\notepad++.exe,0”

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT*\shell\Notepad++\Command]
@=“C:\Portable\- Linked\Notepad++\Notepad++.exe %L”

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/topic/16516/notepad-7-5-9-x32-file-association-on-win8-1x64-brokenRSS for NodeThu, 21 May 2026 01:43:17 GMTThu, 25 Oct 2018 19:39:59 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Notepad++ 7.5.9 x32 file association on Win8.1x64 broken on Sun, 28 Oct 2018 02:26:33 GMT]]>@PeterJones said:

%L is a valid placeholder

Wow, I’ve never heard this! Thank you for this hint!

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/35812https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/35812Sun, 28 Oct 2018 02:26:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Notepad++ 7.5.9 x32 file association on Win8.1x64 broken on Sat, 27 Oct 2018 22:47:49 GMT]]>@dinkumoil ,

Actually, for registry associations, %L is a valid placeholder. It means the long file name. This SO answer lists it, and some of the others. (At one time, in eons past, there is some evidence that MS documented some of those… but most of the links have disappeared over time.)

I just verified it worked by createing a new command for some file type with a command of cmd.exe /K echo "%L"… this correctly opened the cmd window and printed the long file name.

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/35807https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/35807Sat, 27 Oct 2018 22:47:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Notepad++ 7.5.9 x32 file association on Win8.1x64 broken on Sat, 27 Oct 2018 16:26:19 GMT]]>@FredThompsonII

Of course I meant:

@="\"C:\\Portable\\- Linked\\Notepad++\\Notepad++.exe\" \"%1\""

%L is not a valid place holder.

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/35801https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/35801Sat, 27 Oct 2018 16:26:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Notepad++ 7.5.9 x32 file association on Win8.1x64 broken on Fri, 26 Oct 2018 18:44:32 GMT]]>@FredThompsonII

Try changing the line

@="C:\Portable\- Linked\Notepad++\Notepad++.exe %L"

to

@="\"C:\\Portable\\- Linked\\Notepad++\\Notepad++.exe\" \"%L\""
]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/35778https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/35778Fri, 26 Oct 2018 18:44:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Notepad++ 7.5.9 x32 file association on Win8.1x64 broken on Fri, 26 Oct 2018 14:02:39 GMT]]>@FredThompsonII I think Win10x64 has the same issue.

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/35769https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/35769Fri, 26 Oct 2018 14:02:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Notepad++ 7.5.9 x32 file association on Win8.1x64 broken on Thu, 25 Oct 2018 20:03:27 GMT]]>Probably one of this changes:
https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/commit/74d39b1cec6dd0995ce41f3d860539f24cb34a9e
https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/commit/f0821d983593a0d3e1afcf5f61b1937c4f16be50
https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/commit/0db302953bb5a5ba3e06591fb721c8474ba9171e

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/35744https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/35744Thu, 25 Oct 2018 20:03:27 GMT