<![CDATA[There is no other way to associate files from NP++ Preferences only if you start the app with Admin rights?]]>I’m using Win 7 64-bit. I have NP++ 64-bit. The file association using the Notepad menu (Settings -> Preferences…-> File Association) works only if I run Notepad as Administrator. This is the only way to do it from the settings?

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/topic/18320/there-is-no-other-way-to-associate-files-from-np-preferences-only-if-you-start-the-app-with-admin-rightsRSS for NodeSat, 09 May 2026 22:20:50 GMTWed, 02 Oct 2019 18:35:35 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to There is no other way to associate files from NP++ Preferences only if you start the app with Admin rights? on Fri, 04 Oct 2019 12:09:49 GMT]]>@Zsolt-Kántor said in There is no other way to associate files from NP++ Preferences only if you start the app with Admin rights?:

I hope it will in the future version.

Well, it doesn’t look good as (a) that pull request is from 2018 and (b) it is a closed pull request.

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/47547https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/47547Fri, 04 Oct 2019 12:09:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to There is no other way to associate files from NP++ Preferences only if you start the app with Admin rights? on Fri, 04 Oct 2019 09:10:13 GMT]]>Thanks. It would be nice to be implemented. I hope it will in the future version.

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/47542https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/47542Fri, 04 Oct 2019 09:10:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to There is no other way to associate files from NP++ Preferences only if you start the app with Admin rights? on Thu, 03 Oct 2019 16:05:34 GMT]]>Below PR can deal with this issue -
https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/pull/5000

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