Open in Notepad++ -- Legacy Edition

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If you're looking for a version of this extension that works with Visual Studio 2022, please go to https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=CalvinAAllen.OpenInNotepadPP2022

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Description

A Visual Studio extension that adds a right-click context menu command that allows you to open the solution file, project file, or file in Notepad++.

Prerequisite

In order to use this extension, you must have Visual Studio 2017, 2019, as well as Notepad++ installed.

You can download Notepad++ for free.

Solution Explorer

You can open any solution, project, folder or file in Notepad++ by simply right-clicking it in Solution Explorer and select Open in Notepad++.

Settings

The extension will automatically find notepad++.exe when it's located at in the default install directory. If it's installed in a custom location, you can easily change it in the settings dialog.

Contribute

For cloning and building this project yourself, make sure to install the Extensibility Tools 2015 extension for Visual Studio which enables some features used by this project.