Windows – How to set the program that “Edit” in the context menu opens

Here is how you do it with an executable, I would assume it could be done with any program.

Open regedit.exe through the start menu search or run box, and then browse down to the following key:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ *\shell

Right-click on “shell” and choose to create a new key, calling it “Open with (your program name)”. Create a new key below that one called “command”. Double-click on the (Default) value in the right-hand pane and enter in the following:

"C:\Folder path where the program resides\Program.exe" "%1"

The change should take effect immediately… just right-click on any file and you’ll see the next menu entry.

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Source of Information (sort of)

. [Note: Article-comments report author's method works for Vista; and also XP. - Ed.]

According to the person who actually compiles GIMP on Windows, the problem is related to the GTK+ toolkit. And this makes sense, because GIMP isn't the only linux port to suffer from this annoying problem.

Updating to GIMP 2.8.4 (or higher) will resolve the issue in Single-Window Mode.

Otherwise, you will have to find a third-party program that can automatically maximize windows for you. I am not aware of any free ones but Actual Window Manager will do the job. If it's a bit too pricey, you may be able to get the same functionality from some of their cheaper programs such as Actual Window Guard or Actual Window Minimizer.

In regards to your second question, you can use the following registry script to add the 'Edit with GIMP' option to system image types assuming you have GIMP 2.8 installed to the default directory:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\image\shell\Edit with GIMP]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\image\shell\Edit with GIMP\command]
@="\"C:\\Program Files\\GIMP 2\\bin\\gimp-2.8.exe\" \"%1\""