How can I get my NSIS context menu options back after associating a program with .NSI files?

Question

I associated .nsi files with a text editor recently, and as a result lost all of the special NSIS context menu options for, eg., "Compile NSIS Script". How can I get them back?

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 12 '12 at 19:21

Thanks to a post on the NSIS forums, I learned that when you associate a file extension manually, Explorer creates a registry key that overrides the system settings for that extension. In the case of NSIS files, this key is:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts.nsi

If you delete that key, you will lose your text editor association but regain the context menu items after restarting Explorer.

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered May 30 '13 at 14:26

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there's also a script for that

answered May 30 '13 at 14:26

idleberg

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How can I get my NSIS context menu options back after associating a program with .NSI files?

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