Re: _vimrc not run when invoking gvim on text file from context menu

I found the solution after a simple read of ":help vimrc". Set the
environment variable VIMINIT to

source $USERPROFILE\_vimrc

For any other system or computing environment, I strongly suspect that
one can use whatever path is to your _vimrc if it isn't $USERPROFILE
\_vimrc.

On Feb 21, 12:54 pm, Paul <paul.domas...@gmail.com> wrote:
> In Windows 7, I got a program "pinned" to the taskbar.  It is
> basically a shortcut with the "Target" field set to:
>
>    "C:\Program Files (x86)\Vim\vim73\gvim.exe" -u _vimrc
>
> and the "Start in" field set to $USERPROFILE.  The _vimrc is also in
> $USERPROFILE, so it runs when gvim is started.
>
> However, when I right click on a text file in Windows Explorer and
> choose "Edit with vim", _vimrc is not run.  Is something I can do to
> have it run?
>
> There are restrictions that a solution would have to observe.  First
> is that I don't have admin privileges, so I can only stick _vimrc in
> places where $USERNAME can write.  Also, $HOME is not a good place for
> it because it is set to a network drive.  Finally, since I'm invoking
> gvim from the context menu, I'm not aware of a way to set environment
> variables for such an invocation of vim (unlike the case invoking vim
> from a script or command line).

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