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Replace notepad

Mike — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:16:53 +0000

One of the most useful accessories bundled with Windows is Notepad, the built-in, no-frills text editor. While intended for use with *.txt files, Notepad can actually open many different file types, including HTML, CSS, and *.bat files. People use it to capture all sorts of text, develop Web sites, write programs, manage their tasks, strip formatting from other sources, and more.

It’s versatility and simplicity make it an ideal candidate to improve upon, and therefore its no surprise that there are hundreds, if not thousands, of Notepad alternatives available.

Notepad2

The Notepad replacement I’ve used for the last few years is Notepad2. It retains the simplicity of Notepad, but adds some nice additional features. From the official site:

Syntax highlighting: HTML, XML, PHP, ASP (JS, VBS), CSS, JavaScript, VBScript, C/C++, C#, Resource Script, Makefiles, Java, Visual Basic, Pascal, Assembly, SQL, Perl, Python, Configuration Files, Apache Config Files, PowerShell, Batch Files, Diff Files
Drag & drop text editing inside and outside Notepad2
Basic regular expression search and replace
Useful word, line and block editing shortcuts
Rectangular selection (Alt+Mouse)
Brace matching, auto indent, long line marker, zoom functions
Support for Unicode, UTF-8, Unix and Mac text files
Open shell links
Mostly adjustable

The syntax highlighting automatically applies coloring to the text Notepad2 identifies as belonging to any of those languages (e.g. HTML tags are colored blue). Rectangular selection allows you to copy, cut or paste a block of text that spans multiple rows, but not necessarily the full row. This is very useful for stripping out bullets in unordered lists, for example. Another feature I appreciate that’s not part of the official feature list is the display of line numbers. This lets you quickly know which line you are currently working on, and it also quickly identifies whether a long section of text is multiple lines, or one long word-wrapped line.

The Replacement

If you want to fully replace Notepad with Notepad 2 (i.e. delete Notepad and rename Notepad2 to Notepad), things can get a little tricky. Since Notepad is considered an essential system file, if you attempt to replace it, you will either get an error message, or Windows will actually overwrite your replacement file with the original. There are different ways to circumvent the issue with each Service Pack of Windows XP, and I’m guessing different ways again for Vista and Windows 7. Since I currently run Windows XP, I had to use a batch file to get it to work.

Download Notepad2 and extract anywhere.

Open up Notepad and paste in the following text.

@echo off
echo *IMPORTANT*
echo This will kill all open instances of Notepad.
echo To cancel, end this batch file now (ctrl+c), or hit any key to continue.
pause
echo Killing all instances of notepad running...
TASKKILL /F /IM notepad.exe /T
echo Backing up...
call :backup %systemroot%\servicepackfiles\i386
call :backup %systemroot%
call :backup %systemroot%\System32
call :backup %systemroot%\System32\dllcache
echo Installing...
copy notepad2.exe %systemroot%\servicepackfiles\i386\notepad.exe /y
copy notepad2.exe %systemroot%\notepad.exe /y
copy notepad2.exe %systemroot%\System32\notepad.exe /y
copy notepad2.exe %systemroot%\System32\dllcache\notepad.exe /y
echo Done.
pause
goto :end
:backup
call set npath=%1
set count=0
for %%i in (%npath%\notepad.original*.exe) do (
set nname=%%i
set /a count=count+1
)
echo backing up to %npath%\notepad.original%count%.exe
copy %npath%\notepad.exe %npath%\notepad.original%count%.exe /y
:end

Save the file as something.bat (not something.txt) in the same directory where you extracted Notepad2.
Double-click on the *.bat file and follow the prompts.
If you get a Windows File Protection Message, click Cancel.

With any luck, when you now click on Notepad from your Start menu, Notepad2 should load. Just a note, I had to search around the Internet and try a few different *.bat suggestions before I got one to work. I don’t remember where I found the one above, but it works for me. I also know that a batch file designed to replace Notepad on XP SP2 will not work on SP3. Anyway, I hope it works, as it’s well worth the replacement.

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Notepad2

11 Tools Every ASP.NET Programmer Should Install

willwm — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 21:18:44 +0000

I found a great list of “6 Free Tools that every Windows Programmer should Install” via a contact of mine on Twitter, which made me want to create my own list, similar to the tools listed in the link above, with a few additions and changes:

Firebug
If you have Firefox, but you haven’t tried this yet, install it now. You’ll thank me later. Firebug is currently my most essential tool (besides Visual Studio, of course) to web development since it effortlessly debugs JavaScript and shows you the ins and outs of the DOM on any page you’re inspecting. Firebug is available as an extension for Firefox, or as a bookmarklet for any other browser.

It’s also worth noting that Safari and Chrome (well, anything rendered with Webkit, it seems) have an excellent set of development tools built-in that are very similar to the functionality of Firebug in Firefox, and even IE8 is catching up to the game with its Developer Tools window/pane.
Unlocker
I agree with Ian, this program is excellent. Gives you some useful information for a change (and something you can do with it) when you get the message “Cannot delete <X>: It is being used by another person or program.”
TortoiseSVN
If you’ve been using Subversion for source control, I’m sure you’ve heard of this client. If not, get it immediately. It rocks, and integrates exceptionally well with Windows Explorer. (Not to mention Visual Studio, via AnkhSVN or VisualSVN)
IETester
Since Internet Explorer is the scourge of the Interwebs that will never go away, it helps to be able to test your site in multiple versions of IE, and since only one version can be installed at a time (and since IE8 Compatibility Mode doesn’t really help at all), IETester is a good solution that lets you test IE5.5, IE6, IE7, and IE8 rendering engines in the same tabbed browser. Very cool.
VMWare Player
…But, as my coworker mentioned, Internet Explorer is pretty invasive and modifies more on your system than just the rendering DLLs, so it’s a good idea to keep a spare VM running each flavor of IE as well. VMWare Player is the free version of VMWare Workstation, which will run pre-existing virtual machines, but can’t create new ones. Since that functionality is missing from VMWare Player, you can use this site to create your own virtual machines from scratch: EasyVMX! Virtual Machine Creator.
.NET Reflector
RedGate’s description says it best:
“.NET Reflector enables you to easily view, navigate, and search through, the class hierarchies of .NET assemblies, even if you don’t have the code for them. With it, you can decompile and analyze .NET assemblies in C#, Visual Basic, and IL.”
Sysinternals Suite (includes Process Explorer)
Ian Hickman’s post (6 Free Tools that every Windows Programmer should Install) suggests Process Explorer alone, which is a superior Task Manager replacement, but I’ll extend it to suggest the whole Sysinternals Suite, since it comes with so many other great utilities and includes Process Explorer along with them. One of my favorite tools besides PE is AutoRuns, which is a msconfig.exe replacement that offers a much better look at your startup apps and services.
WinMerge

TortoiseSVN comes with its own diff tool, but I tend to end up using WinMerge instead because it does a great job with comparing local files or differing versions of a file in source control, and integrates seamlessly with TortoiseSVN.
Launchy

I’m definitely a keyboard junkie, so anything I can do to keep my hands on the keyboard is a plus. Launchy is by far my favorite application launcher for that reason. All I have to do is hit Alt+Space (you can reassign the hotkey if you like), and it brings up a prompt that allows me to launch anything on my Start Menu, and do a number of other tasks as well (launch websites, perform quick calculations, etc.). Definitely saves me a ton of time.
Charles / Fiddler
Of the two apps listed above, I prefer Charles, which is a paid application, but I’ve listed Fiddler as a free alternative. Both apps are proxies that log traffic between your system and the server you’re debugging (even localhost) and both provide valuable debugging information that is particularly helpful when trying to debug web services. From the Charles website:
“Charles is an HTTP proxy / HTTP monitor / Reverse Proxy that enables a developer to view all of the HTTP traffic between their machine and the Internet. This includes requests, responses and the HTTP headers (which contain the cookies and caching information).”
EmEditor / Notepad++ / Notepad2
All three of the apps listed above are excellent full-featured text editors, but I prefer the feature set of EmEditor, which is a paid application. The killer feature that EmEditor provides which I haven’t yet found in either of the other editors is the Find *and Replace* in files. Notepad++ has a Find in Files option, but I haven’t found a Replace in Files function without opening up every single document and performing a replace in all open documents (info on that approach here: How To “Find And Replace” Words In Multiple Files).

Notepad2 doesn’t offer the same tabbed document interface that both EmEditor and Notepad++ offer, but it is an incredibly lightweight, and more importantly, self-contained executable that’s a perfect drop-in replacement for Windows Notepad (info on how to do this here: Replace Notepad with Notepad2).

Any of these apps offer syntax highlighting and are a great alternative to firing up Visual Studio when you need to make a quick edit (or on one of the *many* occasions when Visual Studio slows waaaaay down or locks up your system).

Honorable mention: PhraseExpress
This program rocks. I’ve only started using it recently, and not nearly to its fullest potential, but the clipboard manager functionality alone is worth the download:

Also, I neglected to mention AutoHotkey since I haven’t used it as much as I probably could, but I can say that I’ve had a lot of luck with the AutoHotkey script iTunesAnywhere, which helps since I don’t have a keyboard with multimedia keys and for whatever godforsaken reason, iTunes *still* doesn’t natively support global hotkeys like Winamp does. (I’d switch back to Winamp, but I drank the Apple kool-aid and picked up an iPhone in January.)

Notepad2

Ahmed — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 06:13:34 +0000

If you are a Windows user, by choice, by fate or by any other way, then you must be aware of the notepad application - a very handy tool for any computer user. But honestly speaking, notepad has a very limited set of features and functionalities and is not that useful when it comes to advanced text editing. Users generally tend to switch to wordpad or ultraedit for more advanced text editing. But this comes at a cost of losing their traditional notepad and the ease with which it could be accessed (Win + R, notepad).

For me, Notepad2 offered a perfect solution/replacement for notepad. Its a freeware and can be downloaded easily and in a few simple steps (listed below) it can replace the traditional notepad on your Windows operating system. Notepad2 comes with a rich set of features:

Customizable syntax highlighting: HTML, XML, CSS, JavaScript, VBScript, ASP, PHP, CSS, Perl/CGI, C/C++, C#, Java, VB, Pascal, Assembler, SQL, Python, NSIS, INI, REG, INF, BAT, DIFF.
Drag & drop text editing inside and outside Notepad2.
Basic regular expression search and replace.
Useful word, line and block editing shortcuts.
Rectangular selection (Alt+Mouse).
Brace matching, auto indent, long line marker, zoom functions.
Support for Unicode, UTF-8, Unix and Mac text files.
Open shell links.
Mostly adjustable.
Auto indentation.
Bracket matching.
Encoding conversion between ASCII, UTF-8 and UTF-16 formats.
Multiple undo/redo; rectangular block selection.
Newline conversion, between DOS (CR/LF), Unix (LF) and Mac (CR) formats.

Other variations and extensions of notepad2 also exist that add further functionalities.

Talking about replacing notepad with notepad2, the following steps worked for me on Windows Vista:

Download and extract Notepad2.
Rename Notepad2.exe to notepad.exe.
Find %windir%\notepad.exe and %windir%\system32\notepad.exe and set the owner to ‘Administrators’.
- Right click on notepad.exe
- Select Properties
- Select Security tab
- Click on Advanced
- Select Owner tab
- Click Edit
- Select the Administrators group in the Change owner to list
- Close all dialogs with OK
Find %windir%\notepad.exe and %windir%\system32\notepad.exe and grant ‘Administrators’ full control.
- Right click on notepad.exe
- Select Properties
- Select Security tab
- Click on Edit
- Select the Administrators group in the Group or user names list
- Activate the Full control Checkbox in the Permissions for Administrators list
- Close all dialogs with OK
Optionally, if you want to preserve the original notepad, rename notepad.exe to notepad-original.exe (or any other name) in %windir% and %windir%\system32.
Copy paste the renamed notepad2.exe to %windir% and %windir%\system32.

For Windows XP, try the following steps:

Download and extract Notepad2.
Rename Notepad2.exe to notepad.exe.
Change Explorer view options to show system files (Tools->Folder Options->View uncheck Hide protected operating system files).
Optionally, if you want to preserve the original notepad, create a backup of the original notepad.
Copy paste the renamed notepad2.exe to %windir%\system32\dllcache, %windir%\system32 and %windir% in the specified order.
Recheck Hide protected operating system files in the Folder Options dialog box.

Essential Freeware Programs for Your Every Day Needs

duongqua — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 10:56:15 +0000

Essential freeware – these programs don’t fit a particular category – but are essential for every day needs.

7-Zip

	File archive designed originally for the Microsoft Windows operating system. You can use 7-Zip on any computers, including computers in commercial organizations.
	Download Here

Ccleaner

	System optimization and privacy tool. It removes unused files from your system – allowing Windows to run faster and freeing up valuable hard disk space.
	Download Here

CDBurnerXP

	Burns CDs and DVDs, including Blu-Ray and HD-DVDs. It also includes the feature to burn and create ISOs, as well as a multilanguage interface.
	Download Here

EasyCleaner

	Searches the Windows registry for entries that are pointing nowhere. EasyCleaner also lets you delete all kinds of unnecessary files such as temporary and unused backup files.
	Download Here

FreeCommander

	Easy to use alternative to the standard windows file manager. The program helps you with daily work in Windows.
	Download Here

ImgBurn

	Small program for burning CD / DVD / HD DVD / Blu-ray in Windows
	Download Here

IrfanView

	Popular, fast and small, compact graphic viewer for Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000/XP/2003/Vista
	Download Here

jZip

	Based on proven and reliable 7-Zip archiving technology. jZip sports an elegant, easy to use yet powerful user interface.
	Download Here

Notepad2

	Fast and light-weight Notepad-like text editor with syntax highlighting. Notepad2 does not need to be installed on your computer.
	Download Here

Notepad++

	Source code editor (and Notepad replacement), which supports several programming languages.
	Download Here

Process Explorer

	Process Explorer shows you information about which handles and DLLs processes have opened or loaded in Windows.
	Download Here

XnView

	Image viewer to view, convert, organize and edit graphic and video files. XnView supports more than 400 graphics formats.
	Download Here

http://mintywhite.com/tech/freeware/essential-freeware-programs-for-your-every-day-needs/

Notepad2.exe

z0rlu — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 17:01:00 +0000

notepad in üst sürümü php asp vs dosyalar için biçilmiş kaftan. çünkü karekter sorunu vs olmuyor.

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این همه Notepad! تا حالا کجا بودن!؟

ایمان — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 15:28:20 +0000

یکی از نرم افزارهای حیاتی که هر فردی به آن نیاز دارد، یک “ویرایشگر متن” (= Text Editor) است. همان طور که می دانید در این زمینه انتخاب های زیادی وجود دارد که هرکس بر اساس سلیقه و نیاز خود یک ویرایشگر متن مناسب را انتخاب می کند. سیستم عامل ویندوز به صورت پیش فرض یک ویرایشگر متن ساده به نام Notepad دارد که خیلی ها از آن استفاده می کنند. Notepad از زمان پیدایش ویندوز همراه آن عرضه شده و در این سال ها کمتر دستخوش تغییر شده و هیچ قابلیت جدیدی به آن اضافه نشده است. کمبود امکانات این برنامه شرکت ها و برنامه نویسان را مجبور کرد تا محصولات مشابهی با قابلیت های گوناگون برای این نیاز اساسی کاربران تولید کنند.

توجه : در این مطلب قصد دارم تا لیستی از برنامه های جایگزین برای Notepad ویندوز تهیه کنم. توجه داشته باشید که فقط نرم افزارهای رایگان و آزاد در این صفحه معرفی خواهند شد. این مطلب به مرور و به کمک شما به روز خواهد شد.

ویرایشگرهای متن معمولی

این دسته شامل برنامه هایی است که ویژگی های معمول یک ویرایشگر متن را دارند و مناسب کاربران معمولی هستند.

Notepad2 : بهترین و شایسته ترین جایگزین برای Notepad ویندوز همین نرم افزار Notepad2 است. توصیه من به شما هم همین برنامه است. حجم پایین، دارای توابع مختلف برای کار با متون ساده، باز کردن فایل های حجیم با سرعت بالا، تنظیمات متنوع و قابلیت روشنایی نحوی (که البته این ویژگی برای طراحان وب و برنامه نویسان مناسب است)، از جمله مزایای این ویرایشگر متن قدرتمند است. کاربران معمولی، طراحان وب و برنامه نویسان افرادی هستند که این ویرایشگر متن نیاز آن ها را برطرف خواهد کرد.

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Replace notepad

Notepad2

The Replacement

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11 Tools Every ASP.NET Programmer Should Install

Notepad2

Essential Freeware Programs for Your Every Day Needs

7-Zip

Ccleaner

CDBurnerXP

EasyCleaner

FreeCommander

ImgBurn

IrfanView

jZip

Notepad2

Notepad++

Process Explorer

XnView

Notepad2.exe

این همه Notepad! تا حالا کجا بودن!؟

ویرایشگرهای متن معمولی

ویرایشگرهای متن با قابلیت رمزگذاری اطلاعات

ویرایشگر های متن با قابلیت مدیریت اطلاعات

ویرایشگرهای متن مخصوص طراحان وب و برنامه نویسان

ویرایشگرهای متن برای افرادی که متفاوت می اندیشند!

The Notepad Situation

Il miglior editor di testo per windows

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