# Ruby 1.9 and loss of Windows 'right-click/edit' option

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-1-9-and-loss-of-windows-right-click-edit-option/183911>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [February 22, 2010, 3:46pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-1-9-and-loss-of-windows-right-click-edit-option/183911 "2010-02-22T15:46:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![alexd](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@alexd](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/alexd)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2010, 3:46pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-1-9-and-loss-of-windows-right-click-edit-option/183911/1 "2010-02-22T15:46:16Z")

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With Ruby 1.8 (Windows OS) I could right-click on a windows icon and  
there was an ‘Edit’ option that I could choose to open the program file  
using a text editor. Now that I’ve switched to Ruby 1.9, if I right  
click on the icon the ‘Edit’ option is not present. The only option is  
‘Open’ which just runs the program. To edit the program I now have to  
open the text editor separately and then navigate to the file.

The option to just ‘right-click and edit’ was very handy, and its loss  
is sorely missed. Is there some settings in Windows that I can use to  
get it back? Or, can it somehow be included in the Ruby Windows  
installer?

–Alex

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**Author:** ![alexd](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@alexd](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/alexd)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2010, 4:03pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-1-9-and-loss-of-windows-right-click-edit-option/183911/2 "2010-02-22T16:03:40Z")

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Alex DeCaria wrote:

> With Ruby 1.8 (Windows OS) I could right-click on a windows icon and  
> there was an ‘Edit’ option that I could choose to open the program file  
> using a text editor. Now that I’ve switched to Ruby 1.9, if I right  
> click on the icon the ‘Edit’ option is not present. The only option is  
> ‘Open’ which just runs the program. To edit the program I now have to  
> open the text editor separately and then navigate to the file.
> 
> The option to just ‘right-click and edit’ was very handy, and its loss  
> is sorely missed. Is there some settings in Windows that I can use to  
> get it back? Or, can it somehow be included in the Ruby Windows  
> installer?
> 
> –Alex

shift-right-click ,choose “open with” and you can reconfigure it. The  
ruby windows installer does not come with an editor.

hth,

Siep

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**Author:** ![alexd](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@alexd](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/alexd)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2010, 5:17pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-1-9-and-loss-of-windows-right-click-edit-option/183911/3 "2010-02-22T17:17:41Z")

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> shift-right-click ,choose “open with” and you can reconfigure it. The  
> ruby windows installer does not come with an editor.
> 
> hth,
> 
> Siep

Thanks. --Alex