How to change code file associations in unity?

Questions & Answers
1

Whenever I open to edit a .cs file in Unity, it opens UniSciTE instead of the editor I have associated with this filetype in my OS. How can I change this? I cannot find this setting anywhere in Unity.

I would like to use MonoDevelop or Visual Studio to edit these files, but being unable to change this behaviour makes it quite a hassle.

2

Most of this entry is out of date nowadays, but the last section details how to use a batch file to open up files directly in visual studio or unitydevelop

Wiki: Setting up Visual Studio

as an example, below is my dos batchfile, that i have set up for both home and work, and to open .js/.shader in flashbangs unitydevelop, and visual studio express for .cs files, for accurate syntax highlighting in VS express, you should open the vs solution first

set classExecPath="C:\classexec\classexec.exe"
set UnityDevelopPath="C:\Program Files\UnityDevelop\Unitydevelop.exe"

GOTO :%~x1

:.cs
ECHO "CS PATH"
%classExecPath% %1 --class .cs
GOTO :endscript

:.js
ECHO "JS PATH"
%UnityDevelopPath% %1
GOTO :endscript

:.shader
ECHO "SHADER PATH"
%UnityDevelopPath% %1
GOTO :endscript

:endscript
3

go to edit/preferences and then in general tab choose the "external script editor" that you want.