Open With Notepad Shell Extension


This shell extension adds the ability to open files
in notepad directly from the explorer's context menu.
Simply select the file(s) that you want to view, right-click
and select "Open with Notepad" from the context menu.


Setup

1. Unzip openwithnotepad.zip to the folder where you want to
   install the utility (e.g., C:\Windows).
2. Go to the installation folder and double-click on
   install.bat or install64.bat, depending on the type of
   your Windows: 32 or 64-bit.
3. If you wish, you can delete the .bat files and the .dll
   of the other Windows type.

Install.bat registers openwithnotepad.dll in the system.

Alternatively you can:
1. Copy openwithnotepad.dll to the installation folder (e.g.,
   C:\Windows). Use openwithnotepad64.dll if you're running a
   64-bit version of Windows.
2. From the Start menu select Run...
3. Type "regsvr32.exe C:\Windows\openwithnotepad.dll" (or
   openwithnotepad64.dll) and press OK. Specify the exact
   installation folder.

Note: you have to have administrative rights to run regsvr32.exe

To uninstall the shell extension:
1. From the Start menu select Run...
2. Type "regsvr32.exe /u C:\Windows\openwithnotepad.dll" and
   press OK (specify the exact installation folder)
3. Delete openwithnotepad.dll from the installation folder.
   You may need to reboot before you can delete the DLL.


History

Version 1.1.0
  Porting to 64-bit Windows.

Version 1.0.0
  First release outside my small beta tester comunity.


Freeware

This software is free. It is distributed with the
source code and you are encouraged to do anything you
want with it. If you do anything interesting, I'd be
happy to hear about it.


Contacting me

For comments, suggestions, improvements, bug reports,
etc. you can contact me at:

e-mail: grebulon@grebulon.com
web:    http://grebulon.com

Have fun
Itay Szekely
