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I recently installed notepad++ on a Win 10 Enterprise machine and while I can open a file with the 'Edit with Notepad++' option in the right-click menu, double clicking or right clicking and selecting "Open" / "Open with..." does not do anything. I get not errors or popups. The cursor shows it's processing the request for half a second and then goes back to normal.

The machine is running on Win 10 Build 1809.

I have already tried the following:

  • Reinstalling notepad++
  • Installing an older version of the same program
  • Rebooting the machine

I'm developing a bruise from the amount banging my head against a wall trying to solve this one folks.

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  • Have you tried opening the files in a different text editor to determine if the problem is with N++ or the file?
    – music2myear
    Apr 23, 2019 at 19:04
  • If you right click on the *.LIS file and select "Properties", in the "General" tab, do you get a "Opens with:" "Change" button? If you do, can you change how it opens from there and set it to N++?
    – DBADon
    Apr 23, 2019 at 19:43

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From an elevated CMD prompt type these commands:

Assoc .lis

That will give you the actual file type and will look similar to this:

.lis =lisfile

Take the actual file type and add it to this command**:

Ftype lisfile=C:\Program Files (x86)\Notepad++\notepad++.exe %1

(Just make sure your NotePad++ is in the same directory as mine!)

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  • Hey there! This seems to have fixed the problem. Thanks for the help!
    – saphirako
    May 15, 2019 at 15:30

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