Re: Vim on Vista: right-click 'Edit with Vim' problem

On Saturday, April 12, 2008 5:40:13 AM UTC-4, Simon wrote:
> Hi all,
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> I'm using Gvim on Windows Vista. I originally had Vim installed in 'C:
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> \Program Files\Vim' but after getting annoyed with Vista not allowing
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> me to change the _vimrc file without moving it to the 'virtual store',
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> I decided to uninstall and reinstall in 'C:\Vim'.
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> But since doing that, when I try to open a file by right-clicking and
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> selecting 'Edit with Vim', I get:
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> "gvimext.dll error Error creating process: Check if gvim is in your
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> path!"
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> I do have "C:\Vim\vim71\" in my path.
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> Anyone have any suggestions?

My workaround is to start a gvim.exe process, then use the right click menu option "Edit with existing Vim". This way Windows isn't tasked with finding my gvim.exe executable.

-Ethan

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