Shortcut keys make your life easier, as does the context menu. The context menu appears when you right-click your mouse and a menu appears with a list of choices.
You can customize your context menu to open a file with your preferred program, like opening a PHP file with Notepad++ rather than with Dreamweaver or Windows Notepad.
See the screenshot below:
Follow these steps to add any custom command to your context menu:
1. Open your registry with Windows + R then type regedit
2. Go to this following key in your registry:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT*shell
3. Right-click on “shell” and choose to create a new key, name it “Open with Notepad++”.
4. Create a new key below that one called “command”.
5. Double-click on the (Default) value in the right-hand pane and enter the command below:
notepad++.exe %16. You are done.
7. Right-click any PHP file and you will see “Open with Notepad++” in your context menu.