Notepad

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DonV

I want to change the generic Notepad that come with Vista to one more
towards my needs. Is there a way to force Vista to allow me to replace
Notepad?

DonV
 
Not that I know of, although you can change Notepad's association of .txt
files to another application. I personally like Crimson Editor, but there
are many other worthy replacements, like Editpad and Notepad2.
 
DonV said:
I want to change the generic Notepad that come with Vista to one more
towards my needs. Is there a way to force Vista to allow me to replace
Notepad?
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Yes. I used to use Notepad+ a long time ago, when I was using Windows98.
It allowed you to replace notepad.exe, and fully replace it. I would think
that the installation noted for Win2000 may be still valid with Vista.

http://www.mypeecee.org/rogsoft/

However, it is an old program now, and if your needs are more demanding you
are better off by installing a more full featured text editor alongside
Notepad. I use EditPad Pro, but I still use Notepad as well for quick
notes. EditPad Lite is free.

http://www.editpadpro.com/

http://www.editpadpro.com/editpadlite.html

ss.
 
Synapse Syndrome said:
Yes. I used to use Notepad+ a long time ago, when I was using Windows98.
It allowed you to replace notepad.exe, and fully replace it. I would
think that the installation noted for Win2000 may be still valid with
Vista.

http://www.mypeecee.org/rogsoft/

However, it is an old program now, and if your needs are more demanding
you are better off by installing a more full featured text editor
alongside Notepad. I use EditPad Pro, but I still use Notepad as well for
quick notes. EditPad Lite is free.

http://www.editpadpro.com/

http://www.editpadpro.com/editpadlite.html
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Another thing - associating .txt files to another editor is very easy, so
having to 'replace' Notepad is not neccessary.

Here is a whole list of editors, and I see that there is a Notepad++ now:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_text_editors

ss.
 
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