Change Notepad defaults to Metapad "Lady Dungeness" <lady.dungeness[ at ]DavyJonesLocker.net> 28.06.2007 04:13:49 Some time ago I asked about a Unicode-enabled Notepad; I got a couple of workarounds. Recently I found Metapad, which can be Unicode by default. I like it. I'd like to invoke it when I right-click ... just like I've been invoking Notepad. I'm using XP Home SP2 updated. If I rename NOTEPAD.EXE to METAPAD.EXE, will that work without breaking anything? What if I go into the registry and change every reference to NOTEPAD to METAPAD. Again, would that break anything? Maybe there's a way to add a right-click context menu for when I'm on the desktop or inside a folder, so that I can bring up Metapad that way. I'd be really happy if there's a way for me to get Metapad by default. Thanks! -- Lady Dungeness Crabby, but Great Legs!

Re: Change Notepad defaults to Metapad "Kelly" <kelly[ at ]mvps.org> 01.07.2007 20:29:23 Hi, Windows Explorer/Tools/Folder Options/File Types/TXT - Change -- All the Best, Kelly (MS-MVP/DTS&XP) Taskbar Repair Tool Plus! http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm "Lady Dungeness" <lady.dungeness[ at ]DavyJonesLocker.net> wrote in message news:eYNO6qTuHHA.3640[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... [Quoted Text] > Some time ago I asked about a Unicode-enabled Notepad; I got a couple of > workarounds. Recently I found Metapad, which can be Unicode by default. > I > like it. I'd like to invoke it when I right-click ... just like I've been > invoking Notepad. > > I'm using XP Home SP2 updated. If I rename NOTEPAD.EXE to METAPAD.EXE, > will > that work without breaking anything? > > What if I go into the registry and change every reference to NOTEPAD to > METAPAD. Again, would that break anything? > > Maybe there's a way to add a right-click context menu for when I'm on the > desktop or inside a folder, so that I can bring up Metapad that way. > > I'd be really happy if there's a way for me to get Metapad by default. > Thanks! > > -- > Lady Dungeness > Crabby, but Great Legs! > >

Re: Change Notepad defaults to Metapad Lady Dungeness <Lady.Dungeness[ at ]DaveyJonesLocker.net> 07.07.2007 03:51:43 Kelly, That worked on one computer but not the other. Plus, I want METAPAD instead of Notepad to come up when I right-click, for all context menus. 1. How do I add whatever registry values are needed so that Folder Options will allow *.TXT to be changed from Notepad to METAPAD. 2. How do I ensure that all current Notepad right-click entries change to METAPAD. Thank you so much! Lady D On Sun, 1 Jul 2007 15:29:23 -0500, "Kelly" <kelly[ at ]mvps.org> wrote: |Hi, | |Windows Explorer/Tools/Folder Options/File Types/TXT - Change | |-- | |All the Best, |Kelly (MS-MVP/DTS&XP) | |Taskbar Repair Tool Plus! |http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm | | |"Lady Dungeness" <lady.dungeness[ at ]DavyJonesLocker.net> wrote in message |news:eYNO6qTuHHA.3640[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... |> Some time ago I asked about a Unicode-enabled Notepad; I got a couple of |> workarounds. Recently I found Metapad, which can be Unicode by default. |> I |> like it. I'd like to invoke it when I right-click ... just like I've been |> invoking Notepad. |> |> I'm using XP Home SP2 updated. If I rename NOTEPAD.EXE to METAPAD.EXE, |> will |> that work without breaking anything? |> |> What if I go into the registry and change every reference to NOTEPAD to |> METAPAD. Again, would that break anything? |> |> Maybe there's a way to add a right-click context menu for when I'm on the |> desktop or inside a folder, so that I can bring up Metapad that way. |> |> I'd be really happy if there's a way for me to get Metapad by default. |> Thanks! |> |> -- |> Lady Dungeness |> Crabby, but Great Legs! |> |> | Lady Dungeness Crabby, but Great Legs!