Change Regedit "*.reg" default from Merge to Edit


  1. Telos
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    Change Regedit "*.reg" default from Merge to Edit


    After upgrading to Win10, the default action for *.reg moved to "Merge" (in Win8 I had set it to "Edit", but don't recall how).

    What's the trick? If I associate *.reg with Notepad, I totally lose the "merge" capability in the context menu, so that's not the answer...

    I want both Merge/Edit to appear in the context menu, but Edit in bold (default action).

    Is there a trade-off in doing this?
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  3. Edwin
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    Telos said:
    After upgrading to Win10, the default action for *.reg moved to "Merge" (in Win8 I had set it to "Edit", but don't recall how).

    What's the trick? If I associate *.reg with Notepad, I totally lose the "merge" capability in the context menu, so that's not the answer...

    I want both Merge/Edit to appear in the context menu, but Edit in bold (default action).

    Is there a trade-off in doing this?
    Go to the highlighted location in the Registry and start editing...

    Change Regedit "*.reg" default from Merge to Edit-002471-copy-copy.png

    You should end up with this...

    Change Regedit "*.reg" default from Merge to Edit-002468.png
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  4. Telos
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    That seems like more regsitry tweaking than I expected. After further digging I ran across Nirsoft's FilesTypeMan which showed Merge/Edit/Print actions for .reg files. With a checkbox I modified Edit as the default action...

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  6. Edwin
    Posts : 17,838
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    Telos said:
    That seems like more regsitry tweaking than I expected. After further digging I ran across Nirsoft's FilesTypeMan which showed Merge/Edit/Print actions for .reg files. With a checkbox I modified Edit as the default action...

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