title: Open a file as read only mode on windows
body: <p>Is there any way to open a file as read only file on windows 7? Just like in Linux using <strong>less</strong> would open it by default in read only mode and <strong>vi or vim</strong> would open to edit it. </p>
  
  <p>On windows I have looked around if there is any way using notepad++ or other popular editors to get the same behavior as on Linux. All I see is you can mark a file as read only by changing its property. But I want flexibility at user's will to open a file as read only or edit mode on windows 7. </p>
  
  <p>May be like a right click and say open read only or edit mode etc. Please let me know if there is any plugin to notepad++ or any other editor which would provide these features. </p>
  
  <p>I am on <strong>Windows 7 OS</strong>. </p>