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keyboard shortcuts in w8.1 - open a file with non default program?

tommo123

Platinum Member
basically i want to setup macros on my mouse for things like (simplicitys sake) a large text file, press a macro button to open in wordpad instead of the default - notepad but without changing the file association?

creating a keyboard key to open the program with ctrl/alt -whatever is easy enough but that doesn't link in with opening the selected file.

could it be done with a batch file? something like the one used for windows defender drag and drop checks?

@ECHO OFF
"C:\Program Files\Windows Defender\MpCmdRun.exe" -Scan -ScanType 3 -File %1
PAUSE

like a key on the mouse runs the batch file to open currently selected file in whatever program is pointed to in the batch file? or would that only work if i literally had the batch file and dragged/dropped onto it?

failing that, send to.... is an option maybe.

i have 12 macro buttons i want to make use of on the naga.

after this is kill current task. but by PID not process name.
 
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