I went to make Notepad++ the default notepad but it's not working.
When the popup box came up I put "Okay" for both times it came up, in the instructions it only said to say okay on the second one.
What do I do?
Also, it says to add a key to the registry, where in the registry do we do this?
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I assume that you're using the instructions from the website, but I've included them in this post anyway. The registry change is clearly outlined, so you can try again and check your steps
Installation Instruction:
Backup your original Notepad.exe (we never know...).
Copy notepad.exe which comes with this package into 4 directories (in given order) :
c:\windows\servicepackfiles\i386
c:\windows\system32\dllcache
c:\windows\system32
c:\windows
When you replace notepad.exe in c:\windows\system32 and c:\windows, a "Windows File Protection" message box appears, click Cancel.
Then another message box appears, click OK.
Modify you registry (if you use installer to install your Notepad++, you don't need to do this step): Create key \HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Notepad++, then add your Notepad++ full path as the default value of this key. In my case, it's C:\Program Files\Notepad++.
Now Notepad++ is your default Notepad.
I make a point of thanking Stépho for his contribution. The source code is available here
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I went to make Notepad++ the default notepad but it's not working.
When the popup box came up I put "Okay" for both times it came up, in the instructions it only said to say okay on the second one.
What do I do?
Also, it says to add a key to the registry, where in the registry do we do this?
Anyone?????????????????
I think - settings->procedures->file association
I assume that you're using the instructions from the website, but I've included them in this post anyway. The registry change is clearly outlined, so you can try again and check your steps
Installation Instruction:
Backup your original Notepad.exe (we never know...).
Copy notepad.exe which comes with this package into 4 directories (in given order) :
c:\windows\servicepackfiles\i386
c:\windows\system32\dllcache
c:\windows\system32
c:\windows
When you replace notepad.exe in c:\windows\system32 and c:\windows, a "Windows File Protection" message box appears, click Cancel.
Then another message box appears, click OK.
Modify you registry (if you use installer to install your Notepad++, you don't need to do this step): Create key \HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Notepad++, then add your Notepad++ full path as the default value of this key. In my case, it's C:\Program Files\Notepad++.
Now Notepad++ is your default Notepad.
I make a point of thanking Stépho for his contribution. The source code is available here