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javacmdnotepad++
Dziugas
Dziugas

Reputation: 1570

How to make notepad++ function like regular notepad in cmd?

I like using the command prompt to write and compile java. To write the code I enter this in cmd:

notepad MyJavaClass.java

This opens notepad and asks if I want to create new file (If it doesn't already exist). The problem for me is that I like using notepad++ as a text editor because it has nice features.

So my question is:

How do I make it so that I can type "notepad++ MyJavaClass.java" in cmd and have notepad++ open up, ready for editing without having to type the full path of notepad++?

I tried to simply place the notepad++.exe file in the System32 folder, but cmd doesn't recognize the command.

Sorry for the noobiness :)

Upvotes: 9

Views: 19913

Answers (5)

PeO
PeO

Reputation: 1

In an elevated command prompt, make a link named whatever you want inside AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps to the Notepad++ executable:

mklink "%LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\WindowsApps\npp.exe" "C:\Program Files\Notepad++\notepad++.exe"

That location is in the user's default path.

Upvotes: 0

Bob Stein
Bob Stein

Reputation: 17254

Sidestepping the question slightly, I made a Windows batch file to give command-line access to Notepad++. Rather than add to the PATH pigpile, I put an npp.bat file in a tools directory that is already in the path.

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Notepad++\notepad++.exe" %*

Then from any command line:

npp foo.java

Upvotes: 4

Alexander Kohler
Alexander Kohler

Reputation: 1967

Add notepad++ to your path

In Windows (Using GUI):

From the Start Menu, right-click Computer, select Advanced system settings in the left area, then select Environment Variables at the bottom in the window that pops up.

Go to the PATH user variable and click edit, and append YOUR path to notepad++ to the end. For example:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Notepad++;

Don't forget the semi-colon! Be sure the entry before it is also ended with a semi-colon.

In Windows (Using command line running as Administrator)

To set only for the duration of command line session:

set PATH=%PATH%;C:\Program Files (x86)\Notepad++;

To permanently set, use the same command as above but replace set with setx:

Note that not all Windows distributions come with setx, and can be manually installed here.

Upvotes: 19

mojo
mojo

Reputation: 4142

Notepad++ is a known app, so if you launch it with the START builtin, it'll work without having to modify the PATH.

start notepad++ MyJava.java

Upvotes: 27

user4288955
user4288955

Reputation: 

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Command Processor
Autorun 
path %userprofile%\desktop;%path%&doskey /macrofile="%userprofile%\macros.txt"

Here I'm adding a path, then setting the doskey macros.

You could do this

doskey /macrofile="%userprofile%\macros.txt"

In the macros.txt do this

n="c:\somewhere\notepad++.exe" $*

Now you just type 

n <filename>

See 

set /?
doskey /?
cmd /?

Upvotes: 1

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