Set Notepad++ as the default EDIT program for '.txt' files?

Question

Searching all over, I could not get Windows 10 file manager to open Notepad++ on the right-click > Edit option. There are quite a few answers on how to get the right-click > Open, and also double-click on the ".txt" file. So no problems there.

(Please note: This is NOT the same as right-click>Edit on .bat files. That problem has been covered here: How to make notepad++ the default editor for a Windows batch file? )

But that left me scratching, because sometimes I use the right-click>Edit action, and Windows 10 file Explorer always opened NOTEPAD.

Answer 1

Here is how I fixed it:

RegEdit: open: Computer\HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\.txt

Add the following three key values: shell, edit, command so you have this address: Computer\HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\.txt\shell\edit\command
With command selected in the left pane, you see: (Default) REG_SZ on the right.

Right click on (Default), select Modify... then add this Value data:

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Notepad++\notepad++.exe" "%1"

Close RegEdit.

Now I can right-click > Edit any ".txt" file and it opens Notepad++.