How can I replace Windows Notepad with NoteTab?
A. If NoteTab is correctly installed, you will find a command called “Replace MS Notepad” under the Help menu. When you choose that command, NoteTab will first rename Notepad by adding the extension “.MS” to the program file. Then, it will copy a special little program called NOTEPAD.STB to the Windows directory and rename it NOTEPAD.EXE. Whenever this program is executed, it launches NoteTab instead of Notepad. If you want to restore MS Notepad after this operation, just use the command “Restore MS Notepad”, which is also available under the Help menu. Note that this feature is not available under Windows Vista. It may also not always work properly under Windows 2000, ME, and XP, due to the Windows File Protection (WFP) monitoring system, which checks for changes to system files. In this case, you should assign text files to NoteTab through the Associations screen in the Options dialog box.
A. If NoteTab is correctly installed, you will find a command called “Replace MS Notepad” under the Help menu. When you choose that command, NoteTab will first rename Notepad by adding the extension “.MS” to the program file. Then, it will copy a special little program called NOTEPAD.STB to the Windows directory and rename it NOTEPAD.EXE. Whenever this program is executed, it launches NoteTab instead of Notepad. If you want to restore MS Notepad after this operation, just use the command “Restore MS Notepad”, which is also available under the Help menu. Note that this feature is not available under Windows 7 and Vista. It may also not always work properly under Windows 2000, ME, and XP, due to the Windows File Protection (WFP) monitoring system, which checks for changes to system files. In this case, you should assign text files to NoteTab through the Associations screen in the Options dialog box.
