no luck settting View Source Editor in Vista 1

[robFSS]

Hey -

I want to set my view source editor for IE7 to notepad++.

there are plenty of tips on the web that suggest updating registry keys to do this.

I set the new key at to point to notepad++ in:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\View Source Editor\Editor Name

since then I have rebooted, but the computer sill opens notepad when I hit view source. any ideas or alternate methods?



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[IllogicallyLogical]

Copy the following into a text file, modifying the path to the executable if needed, and save it as View_Source_Editor.reg. Right-click the file and merge.

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\View Source Editor]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\View Source Editor\Editor Name] 
@=”\”C:\\Program Files\\Notepad++\\notepad++.exe\”"

Joey
CCNA, MCSA 2003, MCP, A+, Network+, Wireless#

 

[linney]

This mentions the use of double slashes to get correct path addresses.

Reg File to Create System DSN
thread779-1128697

"Anyway just creating the keys View Source Editor/Editor Name in
the HKLM/Microsoft/Internet Explorer and modifying the data to be
C:\Program Files\Notepad++\Notepad++.exe gave me back my view source
editor."

View Source-with an alternative to Notepad

http://www.technologyquestions.com/...r/143443-view-source-alternative-notepad.html

Have problem with IE6 and showing of .html pages

http://www.openbluhost.com/html/40288-have-problem-ie6-and-showing-html-pages

 

[robFSS]

guys -

I failed to mention in my original post that I already attempted to do what illogicallylogical suggested. I have set this registry key before on another pc and it worked.

the offending machine is a vista x64 laptop. could the 64-bit piece be the problem?

thx



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[robFSS]

found it on another thread:
for vista x64 this is the key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\View Source Editor\Editor Name

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[IllogicallyLogical]

Glad you found a fix for 64-bit Windows Vista. Thanks for posting back with the solution!

Joey
CCNA, MCSA 2003, MCP, A+, Network+, Wireless#