Trick to add “Open with Notepad” command in right click context menu

If you very often use Notepad to edit html files or to edit word messages then doesn’t it a very boring job every time you need to open Notepad then open the particular file need to edit. Now think, how it would be if you have “Open with Notepad” menu in right click context menu over any file. If you love the imagination scenario then go thorough the below step by step process and at the end you will get your job done… the context menu will have a new menu ” Open with Notepad”.

Adding “Open with Notepad” in Context Menu

1. First go through the run command from the start menu or use Windows + r key to open the run window.

2. Type Regedit (this will open the registry editor window, if it doesn’t and gives you an error that registry editing has been disabled by administrator then may be your system infected by any antivirus.. go through below article how you can resolve this issue.)

Simplest Solution: Task Manager, Registry Editor, Folder Option Disabled

3. Now once you have opened the registry editor locate the term

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\*\Shell

(If the key shell doesn’t exist then use right click mouse button over ‘*‘ menu and click on new key and rename the new key as shell)

4. Now in key shell creat a new key as Notepad and change its value to “Open with Notepad”

5. Now once again under notepad create a key as “Command” and change its default value to (with the quotes) “C:\Windows\System32\Notepad.exe” “%1”

6. Exit registry editor and test it over any file from with in Windows explorer you will have Open with notepad menu in Right context menu.