Add a "Open With Notepad" Context Menu in Windows - Right Click -> Open with Notepad

createNotepadCM.bat

:: The script needs an icon - below are instructions on how to get the notepad icon easily.
:: You can also use a custom icon if you want! Whatever goes!

:: You need to grab the notepad.exe icon from the executable and save it somewhere.
:: Winkey + R will open the Runner (Or right click windows icon, "Run") - Then type the next line and hit enter
:: C:\WINOWS\System32
:: Find notepad.exe in here, right click it, and hit properties. (Or, highlight it and Alt+Enter will also do the same.)
:: When properties are open, hit the Icon tab along the top, and you should see the image below with a bunch of different sizes.
:: Select the 256x256 one, and hit the save button, which is just above the listings, a blue floppy disc image.
:: Select a spot like C:\Icons or something and save it.
:: Then, pass that in as an argument to the script!

:: Now, run the script! You must do it from a console so you can enter an argument, which again is the location of the icon.

@echo off

REM Set the icon path
set "iconPath=%~1"

REM Validate if the icon path is provided
if "%iconPath%"=="" (
    echo Icon path not specified.
    echo Usage: add_notepad_context_menu.bat [icon_path]
    exit /b
)

REM Update the icon registry entry for all file types
reg add "HKCR\*\shell\notepad.open" /v Icon /t REG_SZ /d "%iconPath%,0" /f

REM Add "Open with Notepad" to the context menu for all file types
reg add "HKCR\*\shell\notepad.open" /ve /d "Open with Notepad" /f
reg add "HKCR\*\shell\notepad.open\command" /ve /d "\"notepad.exe\" \"%%1\"" /f

echo "Open with Notepad" has been added to the context menu for all file types with the specified icon.

deleteNotepadCM.bat

@echo off

REM Remove the "Open with Notepad" entry from the context menu for all file types
reg delete "HKCR\*\shell\notepad.open" /f

REM Remove the icon registry entry for all file types
reg delete "HKCR\*\shell" /v Icon /f

REM Remove the "Open with Notepad" command registry entry for all file types
reg delete "HKCR\*\shell\notepad.open\command" /f

echo "Open with Notepad" has been removed from the context menu for all file types.

A Universal Open with Notepad Context Entry

That's right - you can just open any file at all with this. Not just .txt files. Have fun, and enjoy the time this will save you.

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