I set notepad++ as one of my Windows' "Send To" shorcut. This way in Explorer, I can select or click-select one or more files then right click and select "Send To" notepad++. This worked in previous version of notepad++.
With version 4.1.1 and 4.1.2, if I select files: c:\dev\proj1\file1.html c:c:\dev\proj1\file2.js
then notepad++ will prompt me
"File do not exist, do you want to create file: "c:\dev\proj1\file1.html c:c:\dev\proj1\file2.js"
Did I missed a setting so I can get notepad++ to open multiple files to support Windows "Send To"?
(notepad++ works correctly when I only selected one file).
thanks in advance,
john
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Notepad, Wordpad (AKA Write) and Notepad++ all have trouble with Send To and multiple file selection.
You can get it to work if there are no files already loaded in Notepad++. This means 1) turn off "Remember the current session for next launch" on the MISC tab of the Preferences dialog, and 2) close any open files if you have Notepad++ already running.
Or you can get it to work (maybe) by editing the shortcut in the Send To subdirectory. Add the name of a small text file that you don't mind opening all the time, enclosing the name in quotes. For example, the shortcut's target field could be:
Maybe you could experiment on getting this to work without the file reference...
If you have the Edit with Notepad++ pop-up menuitem on the right-click context menu, you might be able to use that instead. It has worked for me this way. That menuitem is an installation option, in case you don't have it. --Joel
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It worked even simply having an empty string "" in the shortcut target field:
"C:\Program Files\Notepad++\notepad++.exe" ""
(make sure there is a space at the end of the string)
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Hi,
I set notepad++ as one of my Windows' "Send To" shorcut. This way in Explorer, I can select or click-select one or more files then right click and select "Send To" notepad++. This worked in previous version of notepad++.
With version 4.1.1 and 4.1.2, if I select files: c:\dev\proj1\file1.html c:c:\dev\proj1\file2.js
then notepad++ will prompt me
"File do not exist, do you want to create file: "c:\dev\proj1\file1.html c:c:\dev\proj1\file2.js"
Did I missed a setting so I can get notepad++ to open multiple files to support Windows "Send To"?
(notepad++ works correctly when I only selected one file).
thanks in advance,
john
Notepad, Wordpad (AKA Write) and Notepad++ all have trouble with Send To and multiple file selection.
You can get it to work if there are no files already loaded in Notepad++. This means 1) turn off "Remember the current session for next launch" on the MISC tab of the Preferences dialog, and 2) close any open files if you have Notepad++ already running.
Or you can get it to work (maybe) by editing the shortcut in the Send To subdirectory. Add the name of a small text file that you don't mind opening all the time, enclosing the name in quotes. For example, the shortcut's target field could be:
"C:\Program Files\Notepad++\notepad++.exe" "C:\dummy.txt"
Maybe you could experiment on getting this to work without the file reference...
If you have the Edit with Notepad++ pop-up menuitem on the right-click context menu, you might be able to use that instead. It has worked for me this way. That menuitem is an installation option, in case you don't have it. --Joel
Thanks MJG.
It worked even simply having an empty string "" in the shortcut target field:
"C:\Program Files\Notepad++\notepad++.exe" ""
(make sure there is a space at the end of the string)
It works great! Thanks for figuring out a good workaround and for letting us know about it. --Joel