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by ratnayake_j

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Some machines using Windows NT4 have changed the order of the commands in the right click menu. For example right clicking on a batch file shows a menu with the Edit command above the Open command. The top command is the one performed if an icon is double clicked. So in this case to run a batch file you need to right click it and choose open. If you double click it, it will launch notepad. How can I change the order of the commands in the right click menu.

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by rhys.gottwald

I know this may sound stupid, but are these batch files you wrote? If so, did you save them .bat extension or did you save them as .txt.bat in notepad.

I know it is a long shot but maybe.

by inspectorclave

Right-click on My Computer and select Explore. Click on the View menu and select Folder Options. Click on the File Types tab and scroll down the Registered File Types box until you come to the file type that is in question. Click on that file type and click the Edit button. In the Actions box, click on the action that you want to be the default (i.e. Open, Edit, Print, etc.) and click the Set Default button. That will fix the problem.

by ratnayake_j

It is the right answer but the problem is that the set default button is greyed out, even when one of the actions is selected.

by mike_fry

I agree with one of the previous answers... Check the extension. I would do this in dos mode though, just to be sure, or make sure that the "hide extension of known file types" isn't ticked.

Also just a point of note, the default command is actually bolded and not necessarily at the top...

Cheers

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