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Make IFW invoke a text editor to my liking
Posted: Fri Sep 27, 2024 11:45 pm
by Mr.X
Is there a chance to do so by adding a line in the ifw.ini file?
I don't like the default notepad.exe, I use notepad++ dark mode.
Re: Make IFW invoke a text editor to my liking
Posted: Sat Sep 28, 2024 12:35 am
by OldNavyGuy
Re: Make IFW invoke a text editor to my liking
Posted: Sat Sep 28, 2024 3:16 am
by Mr.X
You recommend this procedure because I assume IFW invokes the default .ini editor, associating notepad.exe with .ini files didn't work though. It seems IFW invokes directly at notepad.exe cause IFW stills launching notepad.exe
Re: Make IFW invoke a text editor to my liking
Posted: Sat Sep 28, 2024 3:20 am
by Brian K
Mr.X, I thought you were using the Notepad++ plugin already.
Re: Make IFW invoke a text editor to my liking
Posted: Sat Sep 28, 2024 5:30 am
by Mr.X
I am, Brian. This is about IFW opening notepad.exe when I click on Utilities > Edit IFW.INI on Windows 10 not TBWinPE or TBWinRE.
Re: Make IFW invoke a text editor to my liking
Posted: Sat Sep 28, 2024 5:58 am
by Brian K
OK. Thanks. I like Notepad.
Re: Make IFW invoke a text editor to my liking
Posted: Sat Sep 28, 2024 7:51 am
by OldNavyGuy
Mr.X wrote: Sat Sep 28, 2024 3:16 am
You recommend this procedure because I assume IFW invokes the default .ini editor, associating notepad.exe with .ini files didn't work though. It seems IFW invokes directly at notepad.exe cause IFW stills launching notepad.exe
Yeah, looks like it's "baked in" to the executable (imagew.exe/imagew64.exe) to grab Notepad, and does not recognize any other app default set by the user (I used WordPad to test).
So, not configurable.
A workaround would be to navigate to C:\Program Files (x86)\TeraByte Drive Image Backup and Restore Suite\IFW.INI, right-click on the file, set it to always open with Notepad++.
Then, create a shortcut to IFW.INI on your desktop, and open it from there.
Re: Make IFW invoke a text editor to my liking
Posted: Sat Sep 28, 2024 1:13 pm
by Mr.X
OldNavyGuy wrote: Sat Sep 28, 2024 7:51 am
So, not configurable.
This could be fixed and hopefully editable in ifw.ini where one could set the path to the executable. I use notepad++ portable.
Re: Make IFW invoke a text editor to my liking
Posted: Sat Sep 28, 2024 10:44 pm
by OldNavyGuy
It "could" be, but would require a code change to do it.
It's functional as is with Notepad.
I wouldn't expect to see it anytime soon.
Re: Make IFW invoke a text editor to my liking
Posted: Sun Sep 29, 2024 7:53 pm
by Muad'Dib
Mr.X: While I do use Notepad++ for complex tasks, I use Metapad for most other text editing, and have been using it for 20+ years (it's much more flexible than Notepad). There are instructions on how to tell Windows to launch Metapad anytime a program wants to launch Notepad (maybe you can use it to figure out how to get it to launch Notepad++ instead):
[check their website faq] (the author provides several different methods, hopefully one will work for you).
If you can't get it to launch Notepad++ with the above instructions, you may want to try using Metapad (with the above fix) for ini files.
Good luck!