Adding to the right-click menu in Windows

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Adding to the right-click menu in Windows

I use a program called SciTE (http://www.scintilla.org/SciTE.html) as a notepad alternative. To make life easier I added “Scite“ to the right-click menu in windows. Here's how:

* Run regedit
* go to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*
* right-click on *, new > key
* name the new key "shell"
* right-click on shell, new > key
* name the new key "Scite"
* right-click on Scite, new > key
* name the new key "Command"
* Click once on Command to select it
* right-click (Default) on right side > Modify
* Add "C:\Program Files\wscite\SciTE.exe %1" to Value Data (don't put the quotes)

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\Scite\Command]
@="c:\\Program Files\\wscite\\SciTE.exe %1"

Now on most files, you can right-click and see "Scite" as option, allowing you to open this file in SciTE.

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Print posted @ Monday, September 26, 2005 12:11 PM

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# re: Adding to the right-click menu in Windows

Thanks for the tip :)
10/29/2006 12:48 PM | Eric Willis

# re: Adding to the right-click menu in Windows

thanks man, your tip is really effective :) 12/2/2006 10:52 PM | PTV

# re: Adding to the right-click menu in Windows

Hello,
I've already added SciTE to the right-click menu, but I'm having a problem. If there is a space either in path or in filename, SciTE does not load the file.
Any idea on how to fix this problem. 12/19/2006 4:53 AM | HMA

# re: Adding to the right-click menu in Windows

Hello again,
Please ignore my previous post, I've found a solution. Just added the %1 section in quotes
(i.e. D:\editors\wscite\SciTE.exe "%1") 12/19/2006 5:28 AM | HMA