Problem with Notepad++

Hi Jake, if you can open shtml files in notepad++, you should also be able to other types of text files in it. Its just windows hasn't associated any text editor with that types of file.

This problem can be fixed in your n++. Just go to Preference, and in the File association tab you will see your favourite types of files there.

Updated by dkstar on Jul 3, 2008 10:14 AM

Thanks for the comment -- alas it doesn't work :(

If I right-click on the file and use Open with Notepad++, it doesn't.

If I go into Notepad++ and go File > Open…, select the HTML file, still nothing happens.

I think that somewhere along the line I’ve confused Windows with my multiple text editors (Notepad++, Notepad2, Notepad++ Portable etc.!)

Thanks for the suggestion tho :)

Posted by Jake Rayson on Jul 2, 2008 2:26 PM

You've probably already tried this but can you re-establish the association between Notepad++ and .HTML files?

Double-click on the HTML file from within windows explorer whilst holding the [ALT] key down. This should pop a dialog box - an option on this should read "Opens with" - hit the change button beside that and either select Notepad ++ or browse to the exe.

Hope that helps and I'm not teaching to suck eggs.
Pat

Posted by 1000267016 on Jul 2, 2008 2:38 PM

Hi Pat, yep, tried that a while back. It's interesting, in an irritating way, because even when associated with an HTML file, Notepad++ comes to the fore yet refuses to open it. Which is why I'm thinking it's a system ting&hellip

Posted by Jake Rayson on Jul 2, 2008 3:18 PM

Try Geany? It uses Scintilla also, but not the registry black magic.

Posted by Vadim P. on Sep 12, 2008 6:28 PM

I use for editing Notepad++ because is a very complex program and support languages like C; C++; Java; C#; XML; HTML; PHP; CSS; makefile ASCII art (.nfo); doxygen ini file and other. Olso you can edit several documents at the same time. I got it from here: Notepad++

Posted by yman on Oct 14, 2008 8:26 AM