I have Vista x64 and am having further issues, besides the context menu. I've reinstalled and upgrade to 4.1 but it doesn't help.
I also can't drag'n'drop files into the Notepad++ window and if I manually create a context menu, I can't open files on mapped network drives (I get a "file doesn't exist"-error).
Anyone else seen this?
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The installer doesn't add the context menu in Windows Vista (version 3.9)
reinstall.
i have vista and the context menu
I have Vista x64 and am having further issues, besides the context menu. I've reinstalled and upgrade to 4.1 but it doesn't help.
I also can't drag'n'drop files into the Notepad++ window and if I manually create a context menu, I can't open files on mapped network drives (I get a "file doesn't exist"-error).
Anyone else seen this?
Try changing the name of the .exe from notepad++.exe to something without the ++.
For example, changing the executable name to npp.exe got rid of the context menu problems that my x64 Vista machine was having.
I wrote a registry entry for this. Check it out:
Note: I'm on Vista, 64 bit, so the path could be differnt to yoru Notepad++.exe file.
http://blog.donnfelker.com/2007/03/14/NotepadShortcutsVista64bitUpdate.aspx
I had the same problem, but your fix solved it (also running Vista 64 bit). Thanks alot :)
Very nice, thanks. But you should change to this:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\Notepad++]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\Notepad++\command]
@="C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Notepad++\\notepad++.exe \"%1\""
Without the quotes around the %1 the file name inside the editor is in 8.3 mode using ~1 and all that...