UltraEdit Vista x64 Context Menu Fix

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Sunday, 30 December 2007

UltraEdit is the best text editor that I know of. It provides the ability to integrate with Windows Explorer under Advanced / Configuration / File Associations; but even the latest version 13.20a doesn't add itself to Vista x64's Windows Explorer.

I was very addicted to being able to edit any file from Windows Explorer from the right-click context menu, but after moving to Vista x64 I wasn't able to do it. The solution I came up with was to add it to the registry myself. You can download the registry file below.

REGEDIT4

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\UltraEdit]
@="UltraEdit"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\UltraEdit\command]
@="\"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\IDM Computer Solutions\\UltraEdit-32\\uedit32.exe\" %1"

Download1 kB - Registry Entry

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gul

November 29, 2008

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Thank you

January 08, 2009

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Great! Thanks! It works! You may want to check the path to your UEdit exec before running the reg update. I used it with an older (32 bit version) and worked without a glitch. Thanks.

na II

February 26, 2009

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Excellent! Wonderful!

...and I'll throw a"Damn spiffy!" in there for free.

Work with v11 on x64 as well.

Lee, H.

April 19, 2009

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Gee, Thanks! it WORKS!
thank you so much. Now i can do my codings in more efficient way!

Jeff Olson

October 14, 2009

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You should add quotes around %1, too...didn't work for me otherwise on files with spaces in the path:

REGEDIT4

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT*shellUltraEdit]
@="UltraEdit"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT*shellUltraEditcommand]
@=""C smilies/tongue.gif rogram Files (x86)IDM Computer SolutionsUltraEdit-32uedit32.exe" "%"1"