Harold, that reminds me if it's made to use on Win95, you can try changing
the compatibility mode. Right click the program's main .exe file (the file
that launches the app) and go to "Properties", then open the
"Compatibility" tab, then check the box under "Compatibility mode" and
change the drop-down to Win2k, or NT, or '95. I've had some old programs
work fine on XP after doing that.\
Notepad replacements have many more features than the basic Notepad. I use
Metapad for example, and unlike Notepad; any URL's in it are clickable,
there's and advanced "Find" and "Find and replace with..." function and
"Find word" (highlighted word or phrase), Status bar WITH line-wrap, any
area in a file in it has line and column coordinates (useful for counting
entries and comparing data), right click and "Make" all "lowercase, upper
case, inverted case or titled case" and others, and many other features.
Most people may not have the need for that, but I use those features for
quick various types editing of text files, and HTML code. --- Clint
Clint, the problem with Notepad+'s compatibility mode is that there is no
line for Windows XP ... it only lists Win 95, 98, ME, NT, and 2000. If you
know where to go from there, let me know. I've seen others too: 1st Page,
ConText, DocPad, ShalomTxt, Win32pad, Xpad ...
<http://www.snapfiles.com/Freeware/webpublish/fwtext.html> ... the list goes
on and on and they're all good. I've had the Metapad exe file for a long
time (in the flash drive storage box) and using Notepad+ for years - habit,
habit, habit. Metapad looks good (considering that it seems Notepad+ is not
for Win98); just tell me how to install it in XP
What's interesting with Windows XP is that the Notepad exe file is found in
two places: Windows and System32. And in neither directory can they be
deleted or name changed (why is it found in two places?). In Win98, it was
only found in the Windows directory. The way I made Notepad+ the default
editor In Win98 was as follows:
1. Create a Temp folder in C:\
2. COPY the original Notepad from Windows to that temp folder
3. Change the name of Notepad (in the temp folder) to NotepadOld.
4. Then overwrite the one in Windows with Notepad+
5. Then put NotepadOld back into Windows (should you ever want to use
the original one)
6. Then make appropriate shortcuts in Start menu.
7. Then I'd go to the Notepad+ shortcut, to Properties, and put an N in
the "Shortcut key" box.
8. Voila ... Notepad+ opens with Ctrl+Alt+N
Does anyone know how to achieve this in Win XP? ... Harold
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