How to replace notepad.exe with notepad2.exe
Thanks to some great comments and a specific one from James I have now replaced notepade.exe with the vastly superior notepad2.exe and prevented Windows File Protection from replacing the new notepad.
Here are the steps (warning, process with care, no warranties etc):
Method 1
1) Rename Notepad2.exe to Notepad.exe
2) go to %windir%\system32
3) Rename Notepad.exe to NotepadX.exe
4) go to %windir%\system32\Restore
5) Turn off hide invisible files in Tools->Folder Options->View
6) Select filelist.xml and right click->Properties and uncheck Read-only
7) Edit the file
8) Add:%windir%\notepad.exe
to:%windir%\system.ini %windir%\tasks\desktop.ini %windir%\win.ini *:\AUTOEXEC.BAT *:\CONFIG.MSI *:\CONFIG.SYS
9) copy the newly renamed notepad2.exe (now named notepad.exe) to %windir%\system32
note: it turns out that for some folks, this doesn't work. It did not work for me on my tablet pc. Thanks to Shakeel Mahate here is method #2.
Method 2
Tools->Folder Options->View uncheck Hide protected operating system files.
rename Notepad2.exe notepad.exe
copy notepad.exe %windir%/system32\dllcache
copy notepad.exe %windir%/system32
A dialog will popup hit cancel
Recheck Hide protected operating system files in the Folder Options dialog box
The dllcache contains copies of the windows protected files. The dllcache isnt itself protected.
Published Friday, April 30, 2004 7:43 PM by omars
Filed Under: Software
Comments
# re: How to replace notepad.exe with notepad2.exe
Friday, April 30, 2004 2:07 PM by Sean
You can also do a brute force method. Check out the metapad FAQ at http://www.liquidninja.com/metapad/faq.html#Q28, which is also an awesome notepad replacement.
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