You can do it Al

[Rino]

Hi Al,
You want to know how? As they says: You can do it if you only follow me.
Write these down and let's do it together:
1. Open IE & Select your file / File / Open With / Choose Programs . . .
2. If you cannot find the program / Browse / try to find it.
3. If you're 100% sure that is your selected choice. Put a check mark in
To always use the selected program to open this kind of file.
4. Don't forget to Click OK. Note: The symbol ( / ) mean . . . Then select

Please remember to post back if your're happy with my help & suggestions.

Best Of Luck + Hope This Helps,

Rino
Trouble Shooters Enthusiasts
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
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"Al Dykes" > wrote in message ...
>
> I want to add my editor to the list of choices
> when I highlight a filename in explorer and right click on it.
>
> How ?
>
> Thanks
>
>
> --
> Al Dykes
> -----------
>
>

[Al Dykes]

In article >,
Rino > wrote:
>Hi Al,
>You want to know how? As they says: You can do it if you only follow me.
>Write these down and let's do it together:
>1. Open IE & Select your file / File / Open With / Choose Programs . . .
>2. If you cannot find the program / Browse / try to find it.
>3. If you're 100% sure that is your selected choice. Put a check mark in
> To always use the selected program to open this kind of file.
>4. Don't forget to Click OK. Note: The symbol ( / ) mean . . . Then select
>

I should have said that I need to edit files that have no filetype.
and I'm in file explorer, not in IE.

Thanks


>Please remember to post back if your're happy with my help & suggestions.
>
>Best Of Luck + Hope This Helps,
>
>Rino
>Trouble Shooters Enthusiasts
>http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
>"Al Dykes" > wrote in message ...
>>
>> I want to add my editor to the list of choices
>> when I highlight a filename in explorer and right click on it.
>>
>> How ?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>>
>> --
>> Al Dykes
>> -----------
>>
>>
>
>


--
Al Dykes
-----------

[David Candy]

See attached file if you want files without extensions to open in Notepad when dbl clicked.



--
http://www.g2mil.com/Apr2003.htm
http://prorev.com/forbesrussia.htm
---------------------------------------------------------------
David Candy
http://www.mvps.org/serenitymacros
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"Al Dykes" > wrote in message ...
> In article >,
> Rino > wrote:
> >Hi Al,
> >You want to know how? As they says: You can do it if you only follow me.
> >Write these down and let's do it together:
> >1. Open IE & Select your file / File / Open With / Choose Programs . .. .
> >2. If you cannot find the program / Browse / try to find it.
> >3. If you're 100% sure that is your selected choice. Put a check mark in
> > To always use the selected program to open this kind of file.
> >4. Don't forget to Click OK. Note: The symbol ( / ) mean . . . Then select
> >
>
> I should have said that I need to edit files that have no filetype.
> and I'm in file explorer, not in IE.
>
> Thanks
>
>
> >Please remember to post back if your're happy with my help & suggestions.
> >
> >Best Of Luck + Hope This Helps,
> >
> >Rino
> >Trouble Shooters Enthusiasts
> >http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
> >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >
> >"Al Dykes" > wrote in message ...
> >>
> >> I want to add my editor to the list of choices
> >> when I highlight a filename in explorer and right click on it.
> >>
> >> How ?
> >>
> >> Thanks
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Al Dykes
> >> -----------
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>
>
> --
> Al Dykes
> -----------
>
>

[Brian K. Pearcy]

Hello Al,

With WinXP, make a shortcut to your editor in the 'Documents and =
Settings\%username%\SendTo' folder. This will add the editor (Notepad, =
Wordpad, etc.) to the "Send To" menu when you right-click on *any* file. =
The same can be done in the Windows\SendTo folder in Win9x.

Regards,
--=20
Brian
Microsoft MVP - DTS
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"Al Dykes" > wrote in message =
...
> In article >,
> Rino > wrote:
> >Hi Al,
> >You want to know how? As they says: You can do it if you only follow =
me.
> >Write these down and let's do it together:
> >1. Open IE & Select your file / File / Open With / Choose Programs . =
.. .
> >2. If you cannot find the program / Browse / try to find it.
> >3. If you're 100% sure that is your selected choice. Put a check mark =
in
> > To always use the selected program to open this kind of file.
> >4. Don't forget to Click OK. Note: The symbol ( / ) mean . . . Then =
select
> >
>=20
> I should have said that I need to edit files that have no filetype.
> and I'm in file explorer, not in IE.
>=20
> Thanks
>=20
>=20
> >Please remember to post back if your're happy with my help & =
suggestions.
> >
> >Best Of Luck + Hope This Helps,
> >
> >Rino
> >Trouble Shooters Enthusiasts
> >http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
> >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >
> >"Al Dykes" > wrote in message =
...
> >>
> >> I want to add my editor to the list of choices
> >> when I highlight a filename in explorer and right click on it.
> >>
> >> How ?
> >>
> >> Thanks
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Al Dykes
> >> -----------
> >>

[Tom Porterfield]

David Candy gave you a reg file that will allow you to do this for files
with no extension. If the file has an extension but the extension isn't
registered then you can do those also. Create a reg file out of the below
and merge it into the registry. That will add "Open with Notepad" to the
context menus of files with an extension but that have no program
associated with the extension.

----------- begin registry file data ------------------------------------
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Unknown\shell\Open with &Notepad]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Unknown\shell\Open with &Notepad\command]
@=hex(2):25,00,57,00,49,00,4e,00,44,00,49,00,52,00 ,25,00,5c,00,6e,00,6f,00
,74,\

00,65,00,70,00,61,00,64,00,2e,00,65,00,78,00,65,00 ,20,00,22,00,25,00,31,00
,\
22,00,00,00

----------- end registry file data --------------------------------------

The default value with a bunch of hex numbers looks strange I know, but
that allows the default to contain environment variables. Once merged
into your registry that will be %WINDIR%\notepad.exe "%1". The format
above is required for Windows to properly interpret %WINDIR% to the actual
location.

--
Tom Porterfield
Windows XP / Smart Display MVP
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/tp.porterfield/support

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"Al Dykes" > wrote in message
...
> In article >,
> Rino > wrote:
> >Hi Al,
> >You want to know how? As they says: You can do it if you only follow
me.
> >Write these down and let's do it together:
> >1. Open IE & Select your file / File / Open With / Choose Programs . .
..
> >2. If you cannot find the program / Browse / try to find it.
> >3. If you're 100% sure that is your selected choice. Put a check mark
in
> > To always use the selected program to open this kind of file.
> >4. Don't forget to Click OK. Note: The symbol ( / ) mean . . . Then
select
> >
>
> I should have said that I need to edit files that have no filetype.
> and I'm in file explorer, not in IE.
>
> Thanks
>
>
> >Please remember to post back if your're happy with my help &
suggestions.
> >
> >Best Of Luck + Hope This Helps,
> >
> >Rino
> >Trouble Shooters Enthusiasts
> >http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
> >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >
> >"Al Dykes" > wrote in message
...
> >>
> >> I want to add my editor to the list of choices
> >> when I highlight a filename in explorer and right click on it.
> >>
> >> How ?
> >>
> >> Thanks
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Al Dykes
> >> -----------
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>
>
> --
> Al Dykes
> -----------
>
>