Notepad++ Missing from Windows 11 Context Menu
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So I upgraded to windows 11 and installed Notepad++ but now I cannot make a .txt file easily with the “new” option in the Windows 11 right-click context menu (Either in the new or old menu), the option isn’t there like in Windows-10, Is there a way to get this back?
Also the “Edit with Notepad++” menu DOES appear, however… it appears on the right-click menu of EVERYTHING no matter if its a folder or any type of file which is quite annoying, so would like to remove it/only work with .txt files.
Can’t seem to find anything after searching google for an hour so I’ve come here in hopes there’s some way to resolve this.
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@lightstylez ,
but now I cannot make a .txt file easily with the “new” option in the Windows 11 right-click context menu
The way you define a “right click new file” is defined by your version of Windows (Windows 11), and is independent of whether Notepad++ is the application associated with text files. You will have to improve your googling, because we are not a generic Windows 11 helpdesk.
Also the “Edit with Notepad++” menu DOES appear, however… it appears on the right-click menu of EVERYTHING
Yes, that’s what the Edit with Notepad++ is supposed to do. It’s always been that way, and is independent of whether you were on Windows 11 or Windows 10. When you install Notepad++, it tries to associate .txt files with Notepad++ so you can double-click rather than right-click-and-choose, but it puts in the Edit with Notepad++ on all other file types, because it wants to give you the opportunity to open any file you want with Notepad++ from the right-click menu.