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When installing Vim for Windows 10 64-bit, it also installed an "Edit with Vim" context menu option. Annoyingly, this opens the file in gVim.

How do I change the "Edit with Vim" context menu option to open vim.exe instead of gVim.exe?

I looked in the registry and couldn't find it.

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  • Could you expand your question to indicate how you are calling the "Edit with Vim" context menu? vim.exe is called from the command line. gvim.exe will start a window. Could you give more detail on how you plan to work with an example file? Mar 16, 2017 at 20:22
  • @StandardEyre It would seem you don't regularly use Windows (lucky you ;)... When you install Vim in Windows: an explorer context menu option is added to File Explorer (ie: when you right-click a file). It reads "Edit with Vim" for a single file. When more than 1 file is selected, there are 3 options: 1) Edit with multiple Vims, 2) Edit with single Vim, and 3) Diff with Vim. See this link.
    – Roflo
    Mar 16, 2017 at 21:17
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    @Roflo Yes, I do not use Windows that often. I do understand the context menu option. :-) What I don't understand is the Original Poster's need to change the context menu default settings. I'm seeking clarification on the reason why the "Edit with Vim" context menu option defaults need to change (from gvim.exe to vim.exe). Mar 16, 2017 at 21:35
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    I want to use vim over gvim. Mar 16, 2017 at 21:53
  • Which version of windows? Based on my experience, at least some of the registry hacks changed from 7 to 8.
    – Herb
    Mar 17, 2017 at 4:11

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I did this by changing the registry key in [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Vim\Gvim]

"Edit with Vim" opens gVim:

path=C:\Program Files\Vim\vim74\gvim.exe

"Edit with Vim" opens Vim:

path=C:\Program Files\Vim\vim74\vim.exe
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    It worked like a charm. Thanks.
    – Plicatibu
    Jun 9, 2022 at 18:39

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