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Add "Open with Sublime Text 2" to Windows Explorer Context Menu (including folders)

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@echo off
SET st2Path=C:\Program Files\Sublime Text 2\sublime_text.exe
rem add it for all file types
@reg add "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\Open with Sublime Text 2" /t REG_SZ /v "" /d "Open with Sublime Text 2" /f
@reg add "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\Open with Sublime Text 2" /t REG_EXPAND_SZ /v "Icon" /d "%st2Path%,0" /f
@reg add "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\Open with Sublime Text 2\command" /t REG_SZ /v "" /d "%st2Path% \"%%1\"" /f
rem add it for folders
@reg add "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\Open with Sublime Text 2" /t REG_SZ /v "" /d "Open with Sublime Text 2" /f
@reg add "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\Open with Sublime Text 2" /t REG_EXPAND_SZ /v "Icon" /d "%st2Path%,0" /f
@reg add "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\Open with Sublime Text 2\command" /t REG_SZ /v "" /d "%st2Path% \"%%1\"" /f
pause
@mittalyashu
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I somehow managed to find on internet and created a new gist.

In this gist you can create keys to open file and folders in sublime.

@ZubairKarim
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WoW, very nice solution

@gtalarico
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Minor Fix:

  1. Add Quotes path to allow file paths with spaces
  2. Added Option to "Open Sublime Here" to allow right clicking on directory background (
@echo off
SET st3Path=\"C:\Users\gtalarico\Dropbox\Shared\_Common\_Portable Apps\Sublime3\sublime_text.exe\"

rem add it for all file types
@reg add "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\Open with Sublime Text 3"         /t REG_SZ /v "" /d "Open with Sublime 3"   /f
@reg add "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\Open with Sublime Text 3"         /t REG_EXPAND_SZ /v "Icon" /d "%st3Path%,0" /f
@reg add "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\Open with Sublime Text 3\command" /t REG_SZ /v "" /d "%st3Path% \"%%1\"" /f

rem add it for folders
@reg add "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\Open with Sublime Text 3"         /t REG_SZ /v "" /d "Open with Sublime 3"   /f
@reg add "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\Open with Sublime Text 3"         /t REG_EXPAND_SZ /v "Icon" /d "%st3Path%,0" /f
@reg add "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\Open with Sublime Text 3\command" /t REG_SZ /v "" /d "%st3Path% \"%%1\"" /f

rem add it for folder background
@reg add "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell\Open with Sublime Text 3 Here"         /t REG_SZ /v "" /d "Open Sublime 3 Here"   /f
@reg add "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell\Open with Sublime Text 3 Here"         /t REG_EXPAND_SZ /v "Icon" /d "%st3Path%,0" /f
@reg add "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell\Open with Sublime Text 3 Here\command" /t REG_SZ /v "" /d "%st3Path% \"%%V\"" /f
pause

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@jahidulsaeid
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it's work for linux ?

@mittalyashu
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Everything works fine.

But I have one problem and that is if we select a directory and open in Sublime Text.
The probme is that it open's that directory in new sublime window.

I want to append that directory in the existing sublime window.

@adarshanand123
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Very very Thanks.I reduced my work.

@1j01
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1j01 commented Jul 28, 2018

Remove / uninstall for the original script:

@echo off
SET st2Path=C:\Program Files\Sublime Text 2\sublime_text.exe

rem remove it for "all file types"
@reg delete "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\Open with Sublime Text 2" /f

rem remove it for folders
@reg delete "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\Open with Sublime Text 2" /f
pause

@filviu
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filviu commented Dec 13, 2018

License?

I want to fork https://github.com/jcppkkk/OpenWithSublime to create a similar set of scripts for Visual Basic Code. Asked him about license and he pointed that his scripts are forked from https://gist.github.com/FoxColdMetal/7403764 which are forked from these. So what license would it be ? :)

@ibrahimoguzhany
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I've never used Sublime Text 2 and i didn't read carefully that this post is about Sublime Text 2. I'm using Sublime Text 3 instead. So i added open with Sublime Text 2 option to the right click and don't know how to undo it. Any ideas?

I succesfully added open with sublime text 3 option by changing everything from 2 to 3 by editing the folder. You should change st2 to st3 in addition to that.

@mrchief
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mrchief commented Oct 6, 2020

Added License. Feel free to send your st3 updates and I can add them here. I don't use ST anymore but seeing how useful this is, I want continue supporting this.

@TheZoc
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TheZoc commented Dec 28, 2020

Thank you for this script!
Based on many comments on this gist, I went to create my overengineered version of this script, that can install and uninstall those changes.
I also added a way to add the path to sublime text to the current user environment variables (As I got used to run subl from command line while working on different operating systems).
And as a final touch, it will ask for admin permissions, in case the user forgot to run it.

In hopes it will be useful to someone else, I thought I'd it here: https://gist.github.com/TheZoc/e3295df094801fa937596964499ac048

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