Notepad Replacer will allow you to replace the default Windows version of Notepad with whatever alternative you would like to use (e.g. Notepad++).

• Won’t replace ANY system files, or change ANY file permissions
• Won’t trigger Windows File Protection warnings (WFP)
• Won’t run all the time, won’t take up any system resources in the background
• Doesn’t require special support by the alternative application
• Just un-install Notepad Replacer to revert back to the default Windows Notepad

• BDV Notepad (need to rename executable from notepad.exe to notepad2.exe
• EditPad Pro
• Metapad
• Microsoft Visual Studio 2005/2008/2010
• Microsoft Word 2003/2007/2010
• Microsoft Wordpad (built into Windows)
• Notepad++
• Notepad2
• Notepad GNU
• Programmers Notepad
• PSPad
• Scintilla Text Editor (SciTE)
• Sublime Text
• UltraEdit
• Win32Pad