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| # https://gist.github.com/timabell/bc90e0808ec1cda173ca09225a16e194 | |
| # MIT license | |
| $exts=@( | |
| "csv", | |
| "csproj", | |
| "json", | |
| "log", | |
| "md", | |
| "patch", | |
| "sql", | |
| "txt", | |
| "xml") | |
| echo "## setting up file associations" | |
| foreach ($ext in $exts){ | |
| $extfile=$ext+"file" | |
| $dotext="." + $ext | |
| cmd /c assoc $dotext=$extfile | |
| cmd /c "ftype $extfile=""C:\Program Files (x86)\Notepad++\notepad++.exe"" ""%1""" | |
| echo "" | |
| } | |
| # see also: | |
| # * https://superuser.com/q/406985/8271 | |
| # * https://gist.github.com/timabell/608fb680bfc920f372ac |
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%1should be in quotes (cmd /c "ftype $extfile=""C:\Program Files (x86)\Notepad++\notepad++.exe"" ""%1"""), otherwise it breaks when opening files in folders with spaces, see notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus#4981 (comment)