Open a file with Notepad in C#

You need System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(). The simplest example: Process.Start(“notepad.exe”, fileName); More Generic Approach: Process.Start(fileName); The second approach is probably a better practice as this will cause the windows Shell to open up your file with it’s associated editor. Additionally, if the file specified does not have an association, it’ll use the Open With… dialog from windows. Note … Read more

Append TimeStamp to a File Name

You can use DateTime.ToString Method (String) DateTime.Now.ToString(“yyyyMMddHHmmssfff”) or string.Format string.Format(“{0:yyyy-MM-dd_HH-mm-ss-fff}”, DateTime.Now); or Interpolated Strings $”{DateTime.Now:yyyy-MM-dd_HH-mm-ss-fff}” There are following custom format specifiers y (year), M (month), d (day), h (hour 12), H (hour 24), m (minute), s (second), f (second fraction), F (second fraction, trailing zeroes are trimmed), t (P.M or A.M) and z (time zone). … Read more

Can you attach Amazon EBS to multiple instances?

UPDATE (April 2015): For this use-case, you should start looking at the new Amazon Elastic File System (EFS), which is designed to be multiply attached in exactly the way you are wanting. The key difference between EFS and EBS is that they provide different abstractions: EFS exposes the NFSv4 protocol, whereas EBS provides raw block … Read more

Where are the recorded macros stored in Notepad++?

In Windows the macros are saved at %AppData%\Notepad++\shortcuts.xml (Windows logo key + E and copy&paste %AppData%\Notepad++\) Or: In Windows < 7 (including Win2008/R2) the macros are saved at C:\Documents and Settings\%username%\Application Data\Notepad++\shortcuts.xml In Windows 7|8|10 C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Roaming\Notepad++\shortcuts.xml Note: You will need to close Notepad++ if you have any new macros you want to ‘export’. Here is … Read more