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How to make Notepad++ take over from the standard notepad.exe

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I could do this easily with TextPad, then I got irritated with Textpad once I'd played with Notepad++. Now that I've removed Textpad: I want Notepad++ to take over the right-click > Edit option in Explorer, and I want Notepad++ to come up when I type in the command prompt. I know that Notepad++ has…

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Fix for: How to make Notepad++ take over from the standard notepad.exe

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Notepad++ has an interface exactly for this. Go to Settings > Preferences > File > Association From there you can choose what extensions you would like to associate with Notepad++, sorted into categories (with the option of adding custom ones)

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