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\""

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?

You can change the icon for the context menu by changing the address from regedit directly. Find Icon under Default at * and Directory respectively, double click, and point it to any .ico address.