Windows 10: Setting Notepad++ as default text editor requires changing a reg key

I'm trying to set the permissions of a registry key from the command line. Easy to do in regedit, but this is all part of a system customization script.

The command line is;

regini -h HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\explorer\fileexts\.txt\userchoice [1 5 7] test.txt

But it fails with;

REGINI: Failed to load from file '5' (3)

[1 5 7] are the permissions I'm trying to set, and test.txt contains;

ProgID = REG_SZ Applications\notepad++.exe

(Key name, type and the value I'm trying to set)

Windows 10 1809; Regini /? for help.

What am I doing wrong?

:)

 

Setting Notepad++ as default text editor requires changing a reg key

I'm trying to set the permissions of a registry key from the command line. Easy to do in regedit, but this is all part of a system customization script.

The command line is;

regini -h HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\explorer\fileexts\.txt\userchoice [1 5 7] test.txt

But it fails with;

REGINI: Failed to load from file '5' (3)

[1 5 7] are the permissions I'm trying to set, and test.txt contains;

ProgID = REG_SZ Applications\notepad++.exe

(Key name, type and the value I'm trying to set)

Windows 10 1809; Regini /? for help.

What am I doing wrong?

 

Change the default action for .reg files

Sounds like a reasonable thing to do. Even though it warns you twice before it merges the changes, it can't hurt to set the default to be Notepad instead.

One way to accomplish this is shown below, but in testing I discovered that this takes away the merge option from the context menu. This means that if you want to actually import a reg file after doing this, you would have to open Registry Editor and choose
File > Import to do it.

1) Settings > Apps > Default Apps

2) Click Choose defaults by file type

3) Scroll down to the .reg entry and click it to change the default to Notepad

 

Text Editor on Webpage

I'm creating a website that requires an advanced text editor, similar to the word processor in Google docs. I'm planning on creating the editor from scratch, but I'm not sure what language to use. I was thinking of using a Java applet, but I'm open to other suggestions. Some of the features that are required are highlighting and drawing (such as Microsoft Paint). Any suggestions would be helpful.