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    • omegaglm
      omegaglm last edited by

      Hey,

      I am having a bit of trouble here. I followed the instructions on the user manual on how to integrate Notepad++ into the new Windows 11 context menu, and it works great. However, the icon is wrong. How can I fix this?
      Screenshot 2022-07-28 162421.png

      Follow up question: prior to upgrading to Windows 11, associating Notepad++ with txt files would show “New Notepad++ Document” in the new file submenu in file explorer. However, now it just says “text document”. This is by no means a big deal but I preferred how it was before. Does anybody here know why this happened and what I can do to fix this?

      Screenshot 2022-07-28 163118.png

      I interact with the Windows context menu very often and I am kind of a neat freak for this stuff lol!
      Thanks for all your help!

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        • PeterJones
          PeterJones @omegaglm last edited by PeterJones

          @James-Haber

          Sorry, I misread the first time, so I deleted it.

          I followed the instructions on the user manual on how to integrate Notepad++ into the new Windows 11 context menu,

          Congrats on finding the user manual entry (which is what my original reply directed you to, sorry)

          However, the icon is wrong. How can I fix this?

          I am not sure. In the pintohome section of the registry that you already edited to get that entry, you might try adding a field called “Icon” or “Default Icon” that points to the notepad++.exe icon.

          This SU question/answers might be relevant to you.

          prior to upgrading to Windows 11, associating Notepad++ with txt files would show “New Notepad++ Document” in the new file submenu in file explorer. However, now it just says “text document”. )

          I think Windows just dropped the “New” from each menu of the sub-entry. And I think it gets the name of “text document” from the registry association name for the plain text file, so you would have to edit the appropriate key to change that name (it’s the same key that affects what Windows Explorer will show in the File Type in details view)

          When I have some free time on a Win11 machine, I might experiment with this, but the machine I’m on now is Win10.

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          • omegaglm
            omegaglm @PeterJones last edited by

            @PeterJones

            Sorry, I misread the first time, so I deleted it.

            No worries.

            Congrats on finding the user manual entry (which is what my original reply directed you to, sorry)

            I am not sure. In the pintohome section of the registry that you already edited to get that entry, you might try adding a field called “Icon” or “Default Icon” that points to the notepad++.exe icon.

            This SU question/answers might be relevant to you.

            Alright, I’ll try adding the icon field.

            I think Windows just dropped the “New” from each menu of the sub-entry. And I think it gets the name of “text document” from the registry association name for the plain text file, so you would have to edit the appropriate key to change that name (it’s the same key that affects what Windows Explorer will show in the File Type in details view)

            Interestingly, the file type is still called Notepad++ Document in the file explorer. Just not in the new submenu for some odd reason.
            Am I the only one experiencing this issue?

            When I have some free time on a Win11 machine, I might experiment with this, but the machine I’m on now is Win10.

            Thank you so much for your help.

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            • PeterJones
              PeterJones @omegaglm last edited by

              @omegaglm ,

              The “pintohome” was more of a hack than I thought: it is actually abusing the settings, taking over the right click “Pin To Home” (which previously was known as “Pin to Quick Start”), which is a builtin action. So basically the registry edit is saying “instead of using the normal Pin To Home action, use notepad++”… but that means that the OS is applying the Pin To Home icon, which you cannot change.

              For the New menu, when I add a new entry there, it still follows the name given to that specific filetype. So I cannot replicate your problem on that one. Sorry.

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              • omegaglm
                omegaglm @PeterJones last edited by

                @PeterJones

                @PeterJones said in A few questions about integration with Windows.:

                @omegaglm ,

                The “pintohome” was more of a hack than I thought: it is actually abusing the settings, taking over the right click “Pin To Home” (which previously was known as “Pin to Quick Start”), which is a builtin action. So basically the registry edit is saying “instead of using the normal Pin To Home action, use notepad++”… but that means that the OS is applying the Pin To Home icon, which you cannot change.

                I have both options available though. It appears to duplicate the pin to home command.

                For the New menu, when I add a new entry there, it still follows the name given to that specific filetype. So I cannot replicate your problem on that one. Sorry.

                What do you mean? Does it say Notepad++ Document for you? You are on W11, correct?

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                • PeterJones
                  PeterJones @omegaglm last edited by PeterJones

                  @omegaglm said in A few questions about integration with Windows.:

                  @PeterJones
                  I have both options available though. It appears to duplicate the pin to home command.

                  Lucky you.

                  For the New menu, when I add a new entry there, it still follows the name given to that specific filetype. So I cannot replicate your problem on that one. Sorry.

                  What do you mean? Does it say Notepad++ Document for you? You are on W11, correct?

                  No, because I don’t have my text files named “Notepad++ Document”. But when I created a new “ShellNew” for a different filetype, the New menu entry was under whatever name I gave that filetype – and that experiment was on Windows 11.

                  Please note: this is a Notepad++ forum. The questions being asked are highly Windows-11-OS specific, and the answers would be the same whether you were using Notepad++ or QuirkyEditor2000 to edit your files, Windows would have done the same thing and hidden the menu. You will likely need to find a Windows 11 forum where you can ask these Windows-11 specific questions, because our expertise in this Notepad++ forum is using Notepad++, not in customizing an OS.

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                  • omegaglm
                    omegaglm @PeterJones last edited by

                    @PeterJones

                    Alright, thank you for all your help.

                    Have a great day!

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