This registry location is not the same as that used by the installer, it takes advantage of the same Windows features used by file associations to set up a global context menu entry for the Vim executable. When you right click on files or folders in File Explorer. "Icon"="\"C:\\Program Files\\Vim\\vim80\\gvim.exe\" \"%1\"" You can access many WinZip features directly from the context menus of the Windows File Explorer. Windows Registry Editor Version with &Vim" Use whatever path you installed Vim to for the shell\vim\command value. If you are a professional/power user, you can also select a single menu item, use the Open In RegEdit option, and then manually edit or delete the menu item in RegEdit.The double quotes are needed for filenames with spaces.To add "Edit with Vim" to the Windows File Explorer context menu without any dependency on the DLL: Using gvim.exe directly (alternate method) These are the registry locations used by the Vim installer and install.exe program. Note: the vim80 directory should be changed to the installed vim version. Windows Registry Editor Version Shell Files\\Vim\\vim80\\GvimExt\\gvimext64.dll" Save this file as edit-with-vim-64bit-dll.reg.Windows Registry Editor Version Shell Files\\Vim\\vim80\\gvimext.dll"įor 64-bit Windows, use gvimext64.dll instead. Double click on it in Explorer to import this file.Make sure the paths are right for your machine. The new command bar comes with these actions: create a new folder/file or shortcut, cut, copy, paste, rename, share, delete, apply filters, and switch layouts.Save this file as edit-with-vim-dll.reg.If you want to see only your pinned folders, you can turn off recent files or frequent folders.
Unpin it when you don’t need it there anymore. Just right-click it and select Pin to Quick access. You can set a folder to show up in Quick access so it'll be easy to find. Run regedit and set the following values to the correct paths: By default, File Explorer opens to Quick Access.
#Edit explorer new file menu install#
This lets you repair the context menu when you install a new Vim, etc. Using gvim under Windows, if you move your Vim folder, you will find that "Edit with Vim" is missing from the context menu when you right click a file in Windows Explorer. Using gvimext.dll (as the installer does)
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