Markdown Midget v0.1.8-alpha2

Fixed

• Registration dedupe now covers the per-user Explorer ProgID MRU. The 0.1.8-alpha1 dedupe cleaned HKCU\Classes\.md\OpenWithProgids and the OpenWithList MRU but missed the parallel per-user Explorer\FileExts\.md\OpenWithProgids layer — that's what was letting a stale "Markdown Midget" reference to an older version survive re-registration. Also handles legacy Applications\MarkdownMidget… / Applications\mkm… ProgID references in the same MRU and clears an outdated UserChoice if it points at one of ours.
• The "Set as default" prompt now walks the user through Settings. Windows 10/11 protect the default-app UserChoice hash so apps can't set defaults programmatically; the registration confirmation now spells out exactly what to click in the Settings pane that gets opened.
• Registration success message notes that Explorer's Open With submenu aggressively caches and may still show an old entry until sign-out.

Added

• F1 opens the Help window (in addition to Help ▸ View Help). The menu item displays the shortcut.

See CHANGELOG.md for full history.

Download

MarkdownMidget-v0.1.8-alpha2-win-x64-net10.exe — single-file, framework-dependent build (~6.4 MB).

Requirements

• Windows 10/11 (x64)
• .NET 10 Desktop Runtime — https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download/dotnet/10.0
• Microsoft Edge WebView2 Runtime — preinstalled on Windows 11; otherwise a free download from Microsoft.

Notes

• This is an early alpha — expect rough edges, and please file issues.
• The download is unsigned, so Windows SmartScreen may warn on first run: click More info → Run anyway.
• Settings/recent files live under %LocalAppData%\MarkdownMidget.