Open with Notepad

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.

Download

Current version: 1.00.0 (May 22, 2005)

You can download the shell extension and the source code separately:
Add-in only (size 33KB) - Download
Source code (size 43KB) - Download

Setup

1. Unzip openwithnotepad.zip to the folder where you want to install the utility (e.g., C:\Winnt).
2. Go to the installation folder and double-click on Install.bat.
3. If you wish, you can delete Install.bat.

Install.bat registers openwithnotepad.dll in the system.

Alternatively you can:
1. Copy openwithnotepad.dll to the installation folder (e.g., C:\Winnt).
2. From the Start menu select Run...
3. Type "regsvr32.exe C:\Winnt\openwithnotepad.dll" and press OK (specify the exact installation folder)

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

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

Possible problems

This shell extension has been tested on Windows 2000 and Windows XP with Internet Explorer 6.0.

Version History

Version 1.00.0
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.

Have fun