Notepad Replacer

December 12th, 2011

Description:
Notepad Replacer will allow you to replace the default Windows version of Notepad with whatever alternative you would like to use.

Size:

598 KB 

Last Update:

December 12th, 2011 

Version:

1.1.6 

OS Support:

Windows All 

License/Program Type:

Freeware 

Price:

Downloads:

48 
Editor's Opinion
Notepad Replacer - simple little freeware that lets you easily and quickly replace the default Windows version of Notepad and its file association with whatever text editing alternative you would like to use.
Editor's Description
Notepad Replacer is a simple little tool that will let you easily replace the default Windows version of Notepad with whatever alternative you would like to use.

Main features:

- 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

Tested with:

AkelPad
BDV Notepad (need to rename executable from notepad.exe to notepad2.exe
EditPad Pro
gedit
GVim
Komodo Edit
Metapad
Microsoft Visual Studio 2005/2008/2010
Microsoft Word 2003/2007/2010
Microsoft Wordpad (built into Windows)
Notepad++
Notepad2
Notepad GNU
NoteTab (all versions)
Programmers Notepad
PSPad
Scintilla Text Editor (SciTE)
Sublime Text
TED Notepad
UltraEdit
Win32Pad
Notepad Replacer VIDEO TRAILER
For more information, please watch the movie that contains installation and complete features demo
Notepad Replacer Award
Notepad Replacer Antivirus Scan Report done by Softoxi.com

Notepad Replacer Award
Notepad Replacer Video Tutorial done by Softoxi.com
Notepad Replacer Scan reports
avast! 4.8 Scan Report:

*
* avast! Report
* This file is generated automatically
*
* Task 'Simple user interface' used
* Started on Thursday, April 07, 2011 1:19:55 PM
* VPS: 100909-0, 09/09/2010
*

C:\Softoxi\NotepadReplacerSetup-1.1.4.exe\inno.hdr [+] is OK
C:\Softoxi\NotepadReplacerSetup-1.1.4.exe\{embedded}\License.txt [+] is OK
C:\Softoxi\NotepadReplacerSetup-1.1.4.exe\{embedded}\InfoAfter.txt [+] is OK
C:\Softoxi\NotepadReplacerSetup-1.1.4.exe\{embedded}\setup.exe\[Embedded_R#HELPER_EXE_AMD64] [+] is OK
C:\Softoxi\NotepadReplacerSetup-1.1.4.exe\{embedded}\setup.exe\[Embedded_R#HELPER_EXE_IA64] [+] is OK
C:\Softoxi\NotepadReplacerSetup-1.1.4.exe\{embedded}\setup.exe\[Embedded_R#SHFOLDERDLL] [+] is OK
C:\Softoxi\NotepadReplacerSetup-1.1.4.exe\{embedded}\setup.exe [E] Unknown packer version. (42051)
C:\Softoxi\NotepadReplacerSetup-1.1.4.exe [+] is OK
C:\Softoxi\NotepadReplacerSetup-1.1.4.exe:Zone.Identifier [+] is OK
Infected files: 0
Total files: 9
Total folders: 1
Total size: 1.8 MB

*
* Task stopped: Thursday, April 07, 2011 1:19:55 PM
* Run-time was 0 second(s)
*




Kaspersky IS 7 Scan Report:

Scan : completed
----------------
Scanned: 6
Detected: 0
Untreated: 0
Start time: 4/7/2011 1:19:57 PM
Duration: 00:00:01
Finish time: 4/7/2011 1:19:58 PM


Detected
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Status Object
------ ------


Events
------
Time Name Status Reason
---- ---- ------ ------
4/7/2011 1:19:57 PM File: C:\Softoxi\NotepadReplacerSetup-1.1.4.exe archive Inno
4/7/2011 1:19:57 PM File: C:\Softoxi\NotepadReplacerSetup-1.1.4.exe//exe ok scanned
4/7/2011 1:19:57 PM File: C:\Softoxi\NotepadReplacerSetup-1.1.4.exe//script ok scanned
4/7/2011 1:19:58 PM File: C:\Softoxi\NotepadReplacerSetup-1.1.4.exe//data0000 ok scanned
4/7/2011 1:19:58 PM File: C:\Softoxi\NotepadReplacerSetup-1.1.4.exe//data0001 ok scanned
4/7/2011 1:19:58 PM File: C:\Softoxi\NotepadReplacerSetup-1.1.4.exe ok scanned
4/7/2011 1:19:58 PM File: C:\Softoxi\NotepadReplacerSetup-1.1.4.exe:Zone.Identifier ok scanned


Statistics
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Object Scanned Dangerous objects Untreated Deleted Moved to Quarantine Archives Packed files Password protected Corrupted
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Settings
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Parameter Value
--------- -----
Security Level Custom
Action Prompt for action when the scan is complete
Run mode Manually
File types Scan all files
Scan only new and changed files No
Scan archives all
Scan embedded OLE objects all
Do not scan archives larger than No
Skip if scan takes longer than No
Parse email formats Yes
Scan password-protected archives Yes
Use iChecker technology No
Use iSwift technology No
Register information about dangerous objects in application statistics Yes
Rootkit scan Yes
Extended rootkit scan Yes
Use heuristic analyser Yes
Heuristic analyser level 10

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