Thursday, September 25, 2008

Notepad 2

Are you tired of using the free notepad from Microsoft Windows?
Why not try out the new notepad2.
Below is away to safely replace the current notepad to new cool stylish notepad2.
why not try out and tell us what you feel?

Enter Notepad 2, a free app from http://www.flos-freeware.ch/notepad2.html . I know about notepad++ but it was giving me a headache with all those generic icons problem that I tried to solve but failed.

Here's how to replace MS notepad with notepad 2.
1. Download it from there http://www.flos-freeware.ch/notepad2.html Look for "Download Notepad2 Binary Files" NOT soruce code.
2. Download replacer http://www3.telus.net/_/replacer/ Get the stable version.
3. Extract both files.
4. Open the "Replacer" folder and execute Replacer.cmd
5. Open C:\WINDOWS, if you see this message, just click "Show the contents of the folder"
6. Search for notepad.exe
7. Click and drag it onto the replacer window, just like dragging a file across to another folder. You should see the following.
8. Press Enter/Return on your keyboard.
9. Open your notepad2 folder, rename Notepad2.exe to notepad.exe
10. Just like step 7, drag the renamed notepad.exe to the window. You should see this.
11. Press enter to continue, you should see this.
12. Type "Y" and press enter. After some lines, you may press Enter again to quit.
13. Repeat Steps 5 to 12 but this time replace the notepad.exe in C:\WINDOWS\system32
13. Reboot your computer and enjoy.

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