[Feature request] Support opening a file with arguments

[Logix-Dev]

Notepads is a fantastic alternative to the default Windows Notepad program, which is unnecessarily bright and hasn't had a new lick of paint in eons.

I would very much like to use this as a replacement, which is easy enough, however one issue I've found is that I can't seem to change the Windows Context Menu's "Edit" command to open a file with Notepads.

In the registry, under Computer\HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\text\shell\edit\command, we can see that it opens Notepad.exe and passes the filename as an argument. Changing
%SystemRoot%\system32\NOTEPAD.EXE %1 to %LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\WindowsApps\19282JackieLiu.Notepads-Beta_echhpq9pdbte8\Notepads.exe %1 doesn't work; as in, Notepads opens, but doesn't open the file. Please could this be made possible?

Many thanks!

[soumyamahunt]

The issue is that launching file with uwp apps works different than win32 apps, so the method you are trying won't work here. However a small win32 app can be provided with Notepads which redirects file launching with Notepads, #755 implements exactly this feature.