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Multi Commander => Support and Feedback => Topic started by: RussWilliams on August 01, 2011, 17:49:47

Title: How do I change the default editor?
Post by: RussWilliams on August 01, 2011, 17:49:47
I tried to change the default file editor (Configuration->File Editor Setup), but it does not seem to work. F9 still uses Notepad, and when I go back to Configuration->File Editor Setup, it has changed the default back to Notepad. How do I make the change persist?
Title: Re: How do I change the default editor?
Post by: Mathias (Author) on August 01, 2011, 17:56:36
Did you press the "Save" button in the File Editor Setup dialog
Title: Re: How do I change the default editor?
Post by: Mathias (Author) on August 01, 2011, 18:04:26
Also make sure you do not remove the "*" under the "File extensions to use this editor"
* means default.

If the * is not there, it will not be the default editor, and it will fallback to notepad.exe when open, but the dialog should still show your changed.

If the dialog reverts back. then the changes was not saved. Or saving failed
Title: Re: How do I change the default editor?
Post by: RussWilliams on August 01, 2011, 18:21:39
I did press Save, and I did have * under File Extensions, but still no joy.
Title: Re: How do I change the default editor?
Post by: Mathias (Author) on August 01, 2011, 20:03:47
Very strange. I have been trying to make it fail. But Im failing at making it fail.

Only idea I have is that is fails to save the configuration.

If you go to
Menu > Help > Goto > Config Folder

You can see if the time of MultiCommander.xml file is changed when you save the file editor configuration.

Title: Re: How do I change the default editor?
Post by: RussWilliams on August 01, 2011, 22:37:05
I'm still trying some different things. I found that Wizard Mode gave me improved results. By the way, I'm using 64-bit MC on 64-bit Windows 7.