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Req: Add different icons for file association

Ian Katz
2008-09-14
2012-11-13
  • Ian Katz

    Ian Katz - 2008-09-14

    Hi, I'm a big fan of Notepad++, it's simply best text/src code editor ever seen ^^.
    I would like it to have differents icons for different file extension. For example, if the file is .php, the icon should be the commonly used and a added text "PHP", same for other file extensions.

    7-zip does this, if you wanna try, download it or if you have it, a rar file says RAR and a zip ZIP, etc.

    I think it's mostly simple and it could be a helpful and nice feature ^^.

    Thanks, Ian.

     
    • Ian Katz

      Ian Katz - 2008-09-15

      When I put it in my n++ plugins directory and I opened, it said that it isn't compatible with my N++ version (5.0.3).
      What a pity :P
      I made the registry changes and all that but same thing keeps happening and I don't see the icon labels :(
      Thanks anyway

      I think that plugin is yours so if you update it'd be great :)
      Or if you give me some instructions on how to install it well, because I used the batch + .reg zipped file because I couldn't find the registry entry I was supposed to look for (for me its HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT/Notepad++_file/shell/open/command [all subdirectories] ).
      You pointed to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT/Notepad++_file/shellex/IconHandler, and that doesn't exist in my registry (using spanish version of N++ btw)

       
      • Harry

        Harry - 2008-09-15

        The file isnt a plugin for Notepad++, so you dont have to put it in the plugins folder, rather put it in the main Notepad++ folder next to nppcm.dll (if installed).
        You have to manually create the IconHandler key, but I think the .reg file ought to do that. Put the batch file next to the DLL and run it, it should work automatically (reboot or re-login might be needed).

         
    • Harry

      Harry - 2008-09-14