make/change file associations

[GaryFlynn]

I want to have a text file called reminders in my start menu, and to be able to launch it in vieko wordpad.

Right now txt is associated with file viewer. I have a registry editor installed so I can get to the registry.

How do I change the file association?

[GaryFlynn]

Turned out to be pretty easy with a registry editor

hkey_classes_root then scroll down to find the name of the class of the extension for .txt it is txtfile


then select shell then select open then select command key default and change the value to the program you want to associate with

hkcr/shell/txtfile/open/command/default "\Program Files\Notepad\Notepad.exe" "%1"

[rfresh]

I would like to add support for Notepad.exe to also open a *.php file but I don't see (via RegEdit) any phpfile or .php text in the registry. How can I add this so I can associate NotePad.exe to open *.php files?

[rudeboy]

add a entry for .php ?

[rfresh]

In the registry there is an entry to support .txt files and to associate an app to open that file extension type. I'd like to add the same thing for a .php file extension so that when I open such a file in an email attachment, it will open. Presently when I try to do this, all I get is an err msg saying unknown file type.

What I'm trying to do is email my .php files to my MQ, open them in an email (as file attachments) so I can do a Save As to My Documents folder - then I can grab them via my FTP app and upload them to my web site.

[2redline]

I have the same need but with .log file extentions to a text reader to be able to open up from an email attachment.

I tried going to hkey_classes_root
and creating

Registry Key: .log

Keyname: \HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.log
Value Name: (Default)
Value Data: txtfile

Keyname: \HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.log
Value Name: Content Type
Value Data: text/plain

When I try to open a file, get an error msg saying unknown file type.

Originally Posted by rfresh

In the registry there is an entry to support .txt files and to associate an app to open that file extension type. I'd like to add the same thing for a .php file extension so that when I open such a file in an email attachment, it will open. Presently when I try to do this, all I get is an err msg saying unknown file type.

What I'm trying to do is email my .php files to my MQ, open them in an email (as file attachments) so I can do a Save As to My Documents folder - then I can grab them via my FTP app and upload them to my web site.

[soulglo024]

how/ where to get notepad on the q?

[n99hockey]

Originally Posted by soulglo024

how/ where to get notepad on the q?

search the software section for 'note software'
youll find smartphonenotes and a bunch of others to try out

[tberman333]

I am trying to associate txt files with Pocket Notepad on my Q. When I make the association, then click on a txt file in "File Manager", it opens the application, but then I get an error message that says "The file can not be opened for some reason. For example, it is a system file and read protected".

If I then press OK, I can go into Pocket Notepad, select file and open and choose the same file and it will open successfully. Does anyone know a solution for this? Can Pocket Notepad just not open files directly?