<![CDATA[bat file opening in MS notepad, now to open in npp?]]>When I right click on a bat file in windows explorer, I see

  • open, clicking which runs the file.
  • edit, that opens MS notepad.

I want this edit to open file in npp instead.

I tried going through npp menu - settings - file association. bat extenstion was not there, so I went to customize and added bat and registered.

but that removed the right-click edit option altogether, and only “open” is remaining there, clicking which opens the file in npp for editing, but now I can’t run the bat file.

so, please guide how to open bat file in npp instead of in MS notepad.

Thanks.

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/topic/18141/bat-file-opening-in-ms-notepad-now-to-open-in-nppRSS for NodeFri, 10 Apr 2026 14:53:05 GMTSun, 25 Aug 2019 06:45:42 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to bat file opening in MS notepad, now to open in npp? on Sun, 25 Aug 2019 18:11:41 GMT]]>If you have the Edit with Notepad++ entry applied to all file types, it shows up whether or not the program has an “association” with Notepad++. That’s the safer way to do that.

Go see https://notepad-plus-plus.org/community/topic/18140/how-to-get-windows-explorer-right-click-menu-open-edit-with-notepad for a very recent discussion started on how to get that entry. (ie, it was the post I answered just before reading yours.)

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