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Created July 16, 2012 04:35
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Registry hack to open files without extensions in Notepad++
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ChangeFileAssociation.reg
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; For Windows 7 use ChangeFileAssociationV5.reg instead, this version only
; works for older versions of REGEDIT
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[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.]
@="Notepad++_file"
; Note: Notepad++ doesn't make the "Notepad++_file" registry key until you run
; as Administrator and manually add at least one other file association.
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ChangeFileAssociationV5.reg
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.]
@="Notepad++_file"
; Note: Notepad++ doesn't make the "Notepad++_file" registry key until you run
; as Administrator and manually add at least one other file association.
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