Can you select default editor for file types separate from launch?

I distinctly remember setting default editors for some file types like scripts separately from the associated execution program, but I'm not sure how I did it, if it was in Win 7 or 10 and Microsoft has removed the feature. All I find now in the settings is "default application" for a file type. Has Microsoft dumbed Windoze down again? Maybe registry settings will do it?

Specifically, my AutoHotkey scripts (.ahk) used to be executed by the AutoHotkey executable but any command to edit them loaded them into SciTE4AutoHotkey. However, since I don't see any default editor selection function in Windows, I don't think it's specific to this example.

Settings>apps>default apps>
For a single file type enter the file type om box and change its default app.

Also, you can also scroll all the way to the bottom of that page and select "choose defaults by file type" to get a list of all file types.
Find your file type in the list and change it from there.

glasskuter said:

Settings>apps>default apps>
For a single file type enter the file type om box and change its default app.

Also, you can also scroll all the way to the bottom of that page and select "choose defaults by file type" to get a list of all file types.
Find your file type in the list and change it from there.

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Sorry, but this isn't the issue, as I explained. That routine changes the "default app", which is the one that launches a file of that file type. There should be at least two default apps (and certainly were in earlier versions of Windows), to say that a particular file is run/launched by one program, but if the Edit command is given, the file is opened with a particular editor. For example, .bas files need to be run by an interpreter program, but should also allow editing in a program chosen by the user. As it stands, my script files (*.ahk) will get run correctly by the interpreter, but only edited in Notepad, whereas I want them edited in SciTE4AutoHotkey or some other like Notepad++.

Take a look at this, basically currently, you can only select a open with, before there was a open with and also a edit with option, the later you have to manually add in the registry...

you could create a context menu entry called "edit with appname" But that would require many entries. I know for a fact that you can change this individually for images - it’s tied to the default “edit” entry.
You can “open with”… But Im not sure if you can edit with different apps per file type

You could try and add an "Edit" command under the following Registry key, and set 'your own path to Scite' there; unless you already have Notepad.exe as an entry there, then you can try and change it to SciTE.exe.
Note that if there are any Spaces in the path to your SciTE.exe, then enclose the path in quotes.

Computer\HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AutoHotkeyScript\Shell





ref: Change Registry Setting for "Edit This Scipt" - Ask for Help

best bet will just be to create a main context entry "Edit With..." and have it cascade into subentries. Read in above link.

Almighty1 said:

Take a look at this, basically currently, you can only select a open with, before there was a open with and also a edit with option, the later you have to manually add in the registry...

How to Change Which Software Windows 10’s "Edit" Context Menu Option Opens

Sometimes, Windows 10's "edit" context menu option doesn't open what you want. Here's how to change that.

www.makeuseof.com

Add “Edit With” Item to Windows Explorer

Overview This article explains how to add a program to the right-click context menu in Windows Explorer. This can be very helpful if you commonly use a certain program to open files. I use notepad …

nathondalton.wordpress.com

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Thanks, that solves the mystery - I began to wonder if I'd imagined it!

Thanks also @dacrone and @das10 for those details on how to do this for various files. I've learned a few things.

I asked the same question on the AutoHotkey forum, and they suggested I reinstall the AutoHotkey IDE (version 2) and its Dash, which allows you to set the editor for scripts. So I did that and it solved the issue without me digging into the registry. I expect it just does the same as the above.