Comments on: Change View Source Code editor in IE

By: James

James — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 01:33:23 +0000

how would i access a websites source code, change it, and send it back?

By: Coder

Coder — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 23:08:38 +0000

Thanks for posting this! Very helpful!

By: Oscar

Oscar — Wed, 26 May 2010 14:09:42 +0000

Justin, How did you manage? Are you using Windows 7?

By: Justin

Justin — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:25:16 +0000

I was able to get my source code editor changed over to Notepad++ and I’m loving it. No offense to IE, but I just prefer to look at code in a code editor.

By: Jane

Jane — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 03:43:34 +0000

This is an awesome tip! I have Dreamweaver installed on my PC and now whenever I click View Source Code, it opens in there instead of Notepad!! Fabulous!!! Thanks.

By: rrvball

rrvball — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:55:30 +0000

I tried this and it didn’t work. After, using the second result from google, I discovered the reason why. The key should be “View Source Editor” instead of “View Source Code Editor”

By: matt

matt — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 09:20:21 +0000

Hello there. Iam trying to change the source code to a document of mine so instead of re doing the entire thing I can just change the date and name and some numbers. I right click on the page and view the source, then I change what I want. How do I view this new page though?

By: Marj Wyatt

Marj Wyatt — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 22:04:37 +0000

You have to be a little more resourceful to locate and view CSS files. This will permit you to read the HTML which may give you clues you need to find the style sheet, assuming it isn’t locked down in some way.

By: Freelance SEO

Freelance SEO — Wed, 27 May 2009 15:39:00 +0000

Will this pull out the external css files for you?

By: Roger McKeon

Roger McKeon — Wed, 06 May 2009 14:03:32 +0000

Hi Computer Guy,

A simpler and safer way of doing this, for those who would rather not risk fiddling with their registry consists in using Iconico.com’s View Source Editor, a free, very user friendly, little tool offered here:

http://www.iconico.com/viewSourceEditor/

By: Marj Wyatt

Marj Wyatt — Fri, 01 May 2009 02:12:03 +0000

I’ve implemented this solution on both my Vista laptop and my old XP computer. A client of mine said they could not do it, however, so I used Crossloop to see if I could.

This failed on their system, even though I knew enough to add the registry keys. I’m a little baffled. Got a clue?

By: Zen

Zen — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 19:50:22 +0000

Vinay:
For IE7 in Windows XP you have to create two new Registry keys “View Source Code Editor” and “Editor Name” (without quotes):
1. Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE –> Software –> Microsoft –> Internet Explorer
2. Right-click on “Internet Explorer” and add new key “View Source Code Editor” (without quotes)
3. Right-click on “View Source Code Editor” and add new key “Editor Name” (without quotes)
2. Double click on Default of “Editor Name” and write path of your source code editor, for example: “C:\Program Files\Tools\Notepad\notepad++.exe” (with quotes)

By: Vinay

Vinay — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 07:33:05 +0000

I couldn’t find View Source Code Editor in the registry when I expanded down to the following path:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE –> Software –> Microsoft –> Internet Explorer –> View Source Code Editor –> Editor Name

By: Krishnaveni Krishnarajah

Krishnaveni Krishnarajah — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 21:51:16 +0000

Good stuff..Really liked this one.

thanks for your post

Krishnaveni Krishnarajah