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Feature request: Add context menu item to Windows Explorer
Many editors add a direct "Open" option to the file right-click menu in Windows Explorer after installation. Could we also add an "Open in EDIT" entry?
Since this software isn't installed using Windows Installer, would it be possible to include a setup script (for different operating systems) in future release packages, allowing users to optionally enable certain features(such as add to start menu, context menu, generate user profile)? As for packages distributed via winget, I'm not sure if there's an easy way to modify the context menu in that case.
Or just add some extra argument options to the program itself.
Could simply add an .lnk to the SendTo folder.
That's indeed a good approach!!
If you want to add it to the right-click menu in Windows 11, you can also use https://github.com/ikas-mc/ContextMenuForWindows11 to do so. It's very simple—just fill in the path to edit.exe as required. Both the icon and name can be customized.
We think that the ability to open files belongs into the "Open With" menu. As such, an additional "Open with Edit" for files would be redundant.
