Textadept Context Menu Extension

Context Menu Extension for Textadept Version: 1.4.0 Date: 09/23/2023 OS: Windows Main file: textadeptcm.dll

textadeptcm.dll is a companion to Textadept on Windows 64-bit. Installing textadeptcm.dll creates a new command Edit with Textadept in the context menu of Windows Explorer. You can quickly open one or several selected files in Windows Explorer: right click on the selection and click on the command Edit with Textadept.

The manual build and installation is described in the following sections.

1. Copy textadeptcm.dll in Textadept directory. Refer to the paragraph unload the dll if you have the error: Access is denied
2. In Textadept directory installation, type the command regsvr32 textadeptcm.dll. This will register the dll.

If everything goes well, you should have Edit with Textadept when you right click on selected file(s) in Windows Explorer.

• In Textadept directory installation, type the command regsvr32 /u textadeptcm.dll.

If you try to delete or override the dll file and you get the error Access is denied, the library is already loaded. There are several options to workaround this issue:

Solution 1

• Close all the Windows Explorer instances open on your desktop and copy wsctecm.dll using the command line (Example: "C:>copy textadeptcm.dll <textadept_directory>").

Solution 2

• Reboot the computer and delete or override textadeptcm.dll (with the command line) before starting Windows Explorer and using the context menu (right-click).

Solution 3

• Open a command line window
• Type CTRL+ALT+DEL to display the Windows Task Manager, display the Process tab and "kill" the explorer.exe process.
• If Windows Exlorer does not restart automatically, start it manually from the command line window (c:/>explorer).
• Delete or override textadeptcm.dll before using the context menu (Example: "C:>copy textadeptcm.dll <textadept_directory>").

This version was built with Visual Studio Community 2013. Copy Win32.Mak from C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v7.1A\Include to the source directory. Open VS2013 x64 Native Tools Command Prompt and cd to the source directory. Type nmake.

Version 1.4.0 (09/23/2023)

• Initial release

See LICENSE file.