Right click a file & select an app to edit it (Issue)


delicacy

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On win11, right clicking a file & selecting an app in the context menu of windows to edit it, fails because:

this action only sends the first string of a selected file name ...... .
I used a tool named "fast explorer 2008" to add the app to the context menu..
now when i have the opportunity to add that context menu option, it works perfectly
& the entire file name is sent to the app for edition .. .
but i don't have that opportunity for all apps,

so i'd like to know what fix do i need in regedit or what tool can create the right registry code
to make the correct transfer of files in their full name to chosen apps,
(to make windows send any random file's full name i select by right clicking on it
to edit in a specific app) ..?

Ps: files like anything_purpose.pdf will have their name fully added because of " _ "
but a space anywhere will reduce to right file name to be imported to the needed app
& only the first string will appear without aptitude to edit a fake file name ... .
 
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This is an "Open with Notepad++" in Context menu.
HKLM\Software\Classes\*\shell\Open with Notepad++\Command
It has a string Type of REG_SZ
Data= C:\Program Files\NotePad+++.exe "%1"
.................. %1 above needs to have quotes ^^
This expands to the Path where the file is that I want Notepad++ to open.
If the Path has spaces in it, it will fail to open.

Regards
RoyM
 

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Data= C:\Program Files\NotePad+++.exe "%1"
.................. %1 above needs to have quotes ^^

That was it Roy! super great, i don't understand why the coder of fast explorer 2008
ignored the quotes..

works perfectly now, thanks a lot ))
 

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Just a note, my copy of that notepad program has only 2 + characters in all instances of the name.
 

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I think your Windows is broken. I can right click on a file with a 30 character and multiple spaces in the name. It opens flawlessly in whatever application I point it to.
 

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