Neovim - Edit With Neovim WIndows Context menu

editWithNeoVIm.reg

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\Neovim]
@="Edit with Neovim"
"Icon"="C:\\tools\\neovim\\Neovim\\bin\\nvim-qt.exe"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\Neovim\command]
@="\"C:\\tools\\neovim\\Neovim\\bin\\nvim-qt.exe\" \"%1\""

The above worked for me. It took me a bit to realize that Neovim-qt 3.0 has a bug that auto-opens an empty buffer, so you won't see your to-be-edited file until you do a :bd

Init.vim workaround

The above gist was made from adapting this SO answer to Neovim
https://stackoverflow.com/a/27090678

Thanks for this post, I created this Add_NeoVim_to_context_menu.reg to add both Neovim and Neovim-Qt to file, directory and background context menu (if you install Neovim as administrator, it should be at C:\Program Files\Neovim, otherwise please change the "C:\Program Files\Neovim" to your current Neovim directory (remember the double-backslash)):

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00



;; Neovim-Qt

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\nvim-qt]
@="Edit with Neovim-Qt"
"Icon"="\"C:\\Program Files\\Neovim\\bin\\nvim-qt.exe\""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\nvim-qt\command]
@="\"C:\\Program Files\\Neovim\\bin\\nvim-qt.exe\" \"%1\""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\nvim-qt]
@="Open with Neovim-Qt"
"Icon"="\"C:\\Program Files\\Neovim\\bin\\nvim-qt.exe\""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\nvim-qt\command]
@="\"C:\\Program Files\\Neovim\\bin\\nvim-qt.exe\" \"%1\""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell\nvim-qt]
@="Open Neovim-Qt here"
"Icon"="\"C:\\Program Files\\Neovim\\bin\\nvim-qt.exe\""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell\nvim-qt\command]
@="\"C:\\Program Files\\Neovim\\bin\\nvim-qt.exe\" \"%v\""


;; NeoVim

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\nvim]
@="Edit with Neovim"
"Icon"="\"C:\\Program Files\\Neovim\\bin\\nvim-qt.exe\""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\nvim\command]
@="wt -p \"Windows PowerShell\" --title Neovim C:\\Program Files\\Neovim\\bin\\nvim.exe \"%1\""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\directory\shell\nvim]
@="Open with Neovim"
"Icon"="\"C:\\Program Files\\Neovim\\bin\\nvim-qt.exe\""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\directory\shell\nvim\command]
@="wt -p \"Windows PowerShell\" --title Neovim C:\\Program Files\\Neovim\\bin\\nvim.exe \"%v\""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\directory\background\shell\nvim]
@="Open Neovim here"
"Icon"="\"C:\\Program Files\\Neovim\\bin\\nvim-qt.exe\""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\directory\background\shell\nvim\command]
@="wt -p \"Windows PowerShell\" --title Neovim C:\\Program Files\\Neovim\\bin\\nvim.exe \"%v\""

Thanks for tips, worked like a charm for me! Setting the icon in Windows 11 did not work, however... Did anyone face any issues as well?