Highlight and open local file path using notepad++
<p>How can I make notepad++ highlight a local file path found a file (like a hyperlink) and open the file in a new tab when clicked on?</p>

<p>At the moment I am using <a href="http://wiki.tuflow.com/index.php?title=NotepadPlusPlus_File_Navigation" rel="nofollow">this trick</a> which works but is cumbersome.</p>

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To illustrate what I mean, say you have a log file (below) that contains a file path. It would be very nice to be able to click on that file path and open the file in another tab. Obviosuly I can copy the path and paste into open-file-dialog but that is tedious.</p>

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Starting application...<br>
Reading file c:\temp\conf.ini<br>
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<p>Setting "clickable link settings" to enabled (Preferences \ MISC) will make the path into a link if prefixed with file:///. However this does not appear to allow me to open the file in a tab. It also would require changes to our software which is not ideal.</p>