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How can I set an "open with" keyboard shortcut in windows 7?

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Mar 15, 202624088 views
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I have a shortcut to open vim, but I would like to create a shortcut to open the currently selected file in windows explorer with vim (if that is not the program associated with the file's type). Using the shortcut for the executable opens it with no file selected.

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Create an entry in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell 1. Right-click it and choose new key - Name it "Open with VIM" 2. Right Click the new key - choose new key - and name it "command" 3. Set that key's default value to "PathToVIM" "%1" with quotes It is a m…

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