尝试从 windows 资源管理器打开 a.java 文件时，我收到“找不到可打开文件的项目”错误消息

Question

So, when I double click a file in windows explorer, Intellij fires up, but instead of just showing me the file I want to see, shows up the following message:

I think I get what it means: it means this given.java file isn't associated with an Intellij project.

That's actually true, but even so I'd like to be able to open the file and see it with syntax highlighting and such.

How to overcome this problem?

Thanks

Answer 1

It's a known limitation which we plan to address in the future versions to allow opening and editing individual files without project context.

Please watch/vote the related issue .

Answer 2

I don't think you can't can by default. I'm assuming you are opening downloaded files or such. What I would is create a project ( Scrapbook for example is a good name) on desktop and I would put/download the file I want to see in the corresponding src folder. That way when I'm clicking it would open properly.

Most of the syntax highlight and such goodness of idea comes from a proper project setup (proper JDK paths, libraries, etc).