SCITE context menu was replaced by notepad++

[JBWT]

I use both Notepad++ and SCITE but when I installed notepad++ it
replaced the context menu feature "Edit with SCITE" with "Edit with
Notepad++". I have checked the registry and they are both using the
same keys, but the source keys have now been replaced with Notepad++
entries.
Is there a way to allow both to be displayed in the context menu?

[Nicopilami]

Hi
For my part, I use a workaround to do this, which is the "sendto
menu" ( http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310270 ):
-> Start an explorer
-> go to "C:\Documents and Settings\ [your windows login] \SendTo" and
you will be able to add shortcuts to your context menu.

The only other things you should know are the following:
- you will need to use the "send to" entry to use this trick
- those shortcuts will be available for any file (not associated
with any extension)


Bye
Nico

[KHMan]

Alternatively, I've got the dragging and dropping motion burned
into muscle memory. Since I use SciTE to open all sorts of files,
I never bother with associating file extensions. Then again, it
works best with old-style list view in Explorer...

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Cheers,
Kein-Hong Man (esq.)
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

[Philippe Lhoste]

On 03/12/2009 01:15, JBWT wrote:
> Is there a way to allow both to be displayed in the context menu?

Yes.

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Philippe Lhoste
-- (near) Paris -- France
-- http://Phi.Lho.free.fr
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[Philippe Lhoste]

On 03/12/2009 09:50, Philippe Lhoste wrote:
> On 03/12/2009 01:15, JBWT wrote:
>> Is there a way to allow both to be displayed in the context menu?
>
> Yes.

Example:

I have HKCR\.fx entry whose default is just 'javafxfile' (no quotes).
Now, HKCR\javafxfile\shell has already (I created them...) 'compile', 'edit' and 'print'
entries.
'edit' has default value 'Edit script' and its 'command' entry has default REG_SZ with
'"C:\Program Files\UText\SciTE\SciTE.exe" "%L"' value (still no single quote, but double
quotes must be there).
I can create at same level than 'edit' an 'edit2' entry (name isn't important) with
default to 'Edit with Notepad++' (for example: it is the context menu item) and a similar
'command' pointing to Notepad++ path.

I hope it is clear.

The downside is that you have to do that for each entry you have. So you better export
that 'edit' entry and modify the .reg file to cover all the entries.

I did that for a selected number of file types, but most of the time, I do like KHMan and
just drag'n'drop files from Explorer to an opened SciTE window.
I also associate SciTE to all extensions, it is not default but I have Edit with SciTE in
all context menus.

The Send To menu is useful too but last time I tried it, it sent short paths, which aren't
nice in the title...