External editor in Visual Studio 2008

Question

Is there any way to set up external editor integration for VS2008?

By this I mean when I double-click on a .CPP file in the Solution Explorer, it should open in the exte

Answer 1

Right click on any file and choose open with..

Then click on add to browse to the program of you choice for this file type and having added it to the list, select "set as default"

From now on when you double click on this file type it will open in the editor of your choice.

Answer 2

(In VS2008)

You can goto: Tools -> Options -> Text Editor -> File Extension. Put a file extension in and choose a program to launch with it

Answer 3

Right click on the type of file you want in the Solution Explorer,

Then choose Open With...

Pick your program, and choose "Set as Default"