Right-click "Edit" is missing for .bat files

Question

When I right click on a batch file, the Edit option that opens it in Notepad is not there. How do I get it back?

Solution

That's a context menu issue. Try this.

Comments

[Matt R. Johnson]

The file is not read-only. I can open it from within Notepad. But how to I get that "Edit" option back??

[James T Snell]

If you cut & paste the contents in to a new batch file stored in your My Docs, can you "edit" that? Is it possible your file extensions aren't actually .bat, but rather .bat.txt or something?

[Matt R. Johnson]

No. Every single batch file, old and new, is missing the Right-Click edit option. And I know they are actual batch files. If I double click them, they run like batch files.