Replace notepad completely...

Thursday, June 30 2005 1 Comment

I wonder why Microsoft doesn't choose to update some of their most frequently used programs more often.  I mean come on!  When was the last time you saw an update to Solitaire for crying out loud.  (Speaking of, there will be a new suite of card games, complete with nice gooey graphics updates, in Longhorn….)

Anyway, one of those crappy programs is notepad, which I am glad to replace with something better.

Download Notepad2, then run this guy's batch file to tell Windows to stfu and replace the notepad.exe file.

Now I get a decent editor to View Source in Internet Explorer!

#1 Bertrand HAMON avatar
Bertrand HAMON
3.04.2006
6:20 PM

I use Notepad++ to replace Notepad :http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/The reason I use Notepad++ (but not notepad2) is its MDI (Multi-Document Interface just like firefox).To replace your notepad by notepad++, you have to :1. Download and install Notepad++ :http://internap.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/notepad-plus/npp.3.5.Installer.exe2. Download Notepad++ launcher :http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/commun/misc/NppLauncher.bin.zip3.Copy notepad.exe which comes with this package into 3 directories (in given order) : i. c:\windows\system32\dllcache ii.c:\windows\system32 iii. c:\windowsWhen you replace notepad.exe in c:\windows\system32 and c:\windows, a "Windows File Protection" message box appears, click Cancel. Then another message box appears, click OK.Now Notepad++ is your default Notepad.