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Dave Korn wrote:
> On 15 February 2006 17:05, Cary Jamison wrote:
> 
> 
>>I was just wondering how you get programs added to the Windows Explorer
>>'Open with...' menu, and thought this might be a good addition to chere.  I
>>would like to add xemacs, gvim, notepad, etc., to this menu.
> 
> 
>   This is nothing to do with cygwin.  Use the folder options/file types dialog
> from windows explorer, same as you would for any other file type you wanted to
> open with any other application.

That said I proposed something similar a while back on cygwin-apps with 
no take up.

http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-apps/2005-11/msg00274.html

WRT the open with menu, it might just be a case of adding things to 
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts, 
but I haven't verified that.


Dave
chere maintainer

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