Opening non associated files with notepad

[jdauthre]

I have regularly opened (in windows) .meta files which just contain text about a tv program on an enigma2 (linux) box. In windows 10 this has not been a problem as on right click you get an option to chose from your existing applications - notepad is fine for this.

In Windows 11 you only get an option to get an application from windows store (nothing of use there). I also tried associating the .meta extension with various file types through the command line eg assoc .meta = txtfile etc. this didn't work either. I can drag and drop it into an opened notepad but this is unsatisfactory. Anybody have any ideas?

 

[davehc]

Have you tried the Windows media player

 

[jdauthre]

Thanks but this doesn't help, watching the videos isn't a problem, I want to edit the metadata file (which is separated from the video file in Enigma2)

 

[davehc]

What about Wordpad? It is under "Tools" in the start menu. Or you can launch it from Windows (write.exe)

 

[Trouble]

In Windows 11 you only get an option to get an application from windows store

First have you tried first opening NOTEPAD and the from its' menu choosing File -> Open
Then on the bottom right of the open file dialog box where it defaults to "Text Document (*.txt) use that drop down to change to All Files
Then browse to the file you want to open.

Second the right click menu in Windows 11 is a bit funky and you may need to click the "more" option at the bottom to find the "open with" option, possibly you may need to hold the shift key on your keyboard to expose that option.

 

[jdauthre]

What about Wordpad? It is under "Tools" in the start menu. Or you can launch it from Windows (write.exe)

Yes I tried that , I get the same problem as notepad, Same problem as notepad (I think this is a generic problem forany 'non standard' file extensions)

 

[jdauthre]

First have you tried first opening NOTEPAD and the from its' menu choosing File -> Open
Then on the bottom right of the open file dialog box where it defaults to "Text Document (*.txt) use that drop down to change to All Files
Then browse to the file you want to open.

Second the right click menu in Windows 11 is a bit funky and you may need to click the "more" option at the bottom to find the "open with" option, possibly you may need to hold the shift key on your keyboard to expose that option.

Thanks, the right click on menu even with shift down does give an 'open with' option but the only one on offer is microsoft store, this is the difference between windows 10 and 11. Opening notepad first and using the file open option does work, like dragging the file into notepad, but is much less convenient than just right clicking on the file.

 

[davehc]

I do get the offer to open with "write/wordpad".

If I open a random .meta file with it, I get

 

[davehc]

You might be interested in getting rid f that dumb "More" thing.

This reg file will do it. One removes,the other adds.

 

[Ben Myers]

I have regularly opened (in windows) .meta files which just contain text about a tv program on an enigma2 (linux) box. In windows 10 this has not been a problem as on right click you get an option to chose from your existing applications - notepad is fine for this.

In Windows 11 you only get an option to get an application from windows store (nothing of use there). I also tried associating the .meta extension with various file types through the command line eg assoc .meta = txtfile etc. this didn't work either. I can drag and drop it into an opened notepad but this is unsatisfactory. Anybody have any ideas?

Actually, Windows Notepad is in the Microsoft Store.

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Ben

 

[davehc]

I think the one in the store, is the same as that already built in to windows 11. The one sitting on my computer is



Not sure how that stands with the one on offer in the store.

 

[joss]

Have you tried Notepad++ ? I find this far superior to windows version. Also is open source

 

[jdauthre]

Thank you all. Notepad++ appears in the menu so will open it nicely.

 

[joss]

Your welcome jdauthe

 

[dona]

Here is a way to try to open files with Notepad.
1-go to C:\Windows\System32\
2-locate the file notepad.exe
3-right click on this file and choose Show more options, then Create shortcut, answer Yes to create the shortcut on the Desktop
4-Press Win+R and type shell:sendto, Enter
5-drag the shortcut to notepad from the Desktop into the SendTo folder
6-go to the place you have the file that you want to open with Notepad, right click on this file and choose Show more optiions, Send to and choose Notepad from the context menu

Your file shoud open in Notepad, I tried it and works for me.

Similarly you can open it with Wordpad, if you create the shortcut for the file wordpad.exe from the
"C:\Program Files\Windows NT\Accessories\" folder on the Desktop and drag it into your user name SendTo folder

 

[jdauthre]

Thank you! That worked perfectly, but what a todo for something that worked perfectly well in Windows 10

 

[dona]

Thank you! That worked perfectly, but what a todo for something that worked perfectly well in Windows 10

I can not but totaly agree with you on that.

Adding shortcuts to the SendTo folder the way it used to work in Windows 10 does not work anymore in Windows 11 because the shortcut it creates does not point to an .exe file but to something else. And this does not work for the so called UWP, the Windows applications