Add Hidemaru Editor Grep to Explorer Right-Click Menu

Wed, 03 Apr 2024 00:00:46 +0900

Here is how to add Hidemaru Editor’s grep to the right-click menu of Explorer in Windows 10/11.

※ The following steps involve modifying the registry, so please proceed at your own risk.

Steps

Open the link below and save it to a folder of your choice.

秀丸レジストリ登録.reg

Double-click the 秀丸レジストリ登録.reg file to add it to the registry.

References

Run Hidemaru grep from the folder’s right-click menu

How to Launch Hidemaru Editor with the "hide" Command

Fri, 29 Mar 2024 23:45:37 +0900

Here is how to launch Hidemaru Editor with the “hide” command.

Note: This method has been verified to work on Windows 10/11.

Open the Registry Editor.
Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths.
Create a key named hide.exe under App Paths. The part before .exe in this key name will be the command name.
Set the (Default) value of the hide.exe key to the executable file path of Hidemaru Editor. In my environment, it was "C:\Program Files (x86)\Hidemaru\Hidemaru.exe".
Create a String value named Path in the hide.exe key.
Set the data of Path to the folder path where the Hidemaru Editor executable file is located. In my environment, it was "C:\Program Files (x86)\Hidemaru".
Now you can launch Hidemaru Editor with the hide command in the Run dialog, which can be opened with Win + R. Also, in the Command Prompt, you can launch it with the start hide command.

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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\hide.exe]
@="\"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Hidemaru\\Hidemaru.exe\""
"Path"="\"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Hidemaru\\\""

If you save the above content in a .reg file and execute it, the settings will be added to the registry.

Hidemaru Editor on kenji.blog

Add Hidemaru Editor Grep to Explorer Right-Click Menu

Steps

References

How to Launch Hidemaru Editor with the "hide" Command

Here is how to launch Hidemaru Editor with the “hide” command.