I like my good ol' Notepad :)

[wiSHmaKeR]

I love Unofficial Windows 98 SE Service Pack, but it removed Notepad.exe from the Windows dir.

So I decided to get Notepad.exe from the Windows .CAB files and add any hacks (available on the net) that are useful. It's nothing special, just a patch for Notepad.exe but I thought someone doesn't have time to hack notepad could like it.

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Update --> This was the initial idea, but some people requested patches for Windows 98 First Edition and Windows ME. So I created two more Patches.

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What is changed:

- Added easy to remeber shortcut keys like in Windows XP (Ctrl+S, Ctrl+A, Ctrl+F, etc.)

- Made Notepad to open > 64 kb files directly in Wordpad without prompting.

Used tools:

- Hex Workshop

- Resource Hacker

- Lucersoft's Patcher

Used guides:

- Hacking Notepad ( http://www.geocities.com/thestarman3/hack/notepad.htm )

- Adding shortcut keys to Notepad ( http://wint.virtualplastic.net/showtweak.php?tweak_id=139 )

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11-12-2005 --> Made a small fix for > 64 kb files to open with %WINDIR%\metapad.exe

16-12-2005 --> Created patches for Windows 98 First Edition and Windows ME

The patches are attached to the message.

98seNp_111205.exe -> Windows 98 Second Edition Notepad Patch,

98feNP_161205.exe -> Windows 98 First Edition Notepad Patch,

WmeNp_161205.exe -> Windows ME Notepad Patch.

Edited December 10, 2005 by wiSHmaKeR

[Gape]

Thanks, But just for clarification: SP doesn't remove NOTEPAD.EXE, it only and optionally replaces NOTEPAD.EXE with METAPAD.EXE.

Edited November 30, 2005 by Gape

[wiSHmaKeR]

Thanks. But SP doesn't remove NOTEPAD.EXE, it only and optionally replaces NOTEPAD.EXE with METAPAD.EXE.

Yep! But I don't like Metapad. And I'd still like to use my Ctrl+S and Ctrl+F keyboard shortcuts

Edited November 30, 2005 by wiSHmaKeR

[modicr]

Thanks. But SP doesn't remove NOTEPAD.EXE, it only and optionally replaces NOTEPAD.EXE with METAPAD.EXE.

Yep! But I don't like Metapad. And I'd still like to use my Ctrl+S and Ctrl+F keyboard shortcuts

I like Notepad2 (Ctrl+S and Ctrl+F work plus many more like Alt U for transparent mode )

http://www.flos-freeware.ch/notepad2.html

BTW, there are many localized versions ...

Roman

[miko]

there are more Notepad replacements than you can shake a stick at (shakes stick)

i like Metapad and was using it as Notepad 'drop in' before it was added to the SP (that and Textpad),

but there's not much point in getting into it, as its going to be removed anyway as i understand it.

just use what suits you best.

the hacks are nice enough though (if that's what your after).

[Targaff]

Be a shame if Metapad were no longer included, it's probably the one absolute must-have app for me. Still, I can understand why this might be done.

New version of Metapad, incidentally.

[eidenk]

New version of Metapad, incidentally.

Unless I've missed some setting it doesn't seem to launch urls anymore which is a pity as this was (for me) its greatest feature.

[miko]

seem to work fine on my end (remeber hyperlinks don't work in the LE version)

maybe your firewall is blocking the new version ?

[eidenk]

(remeber hyperlinks don't work in the LE version)

Thanks, that was the reason.

[miko]

@ my spelling

[wiSHmaKeR]

Thanks, But just for clarification: SP doesn't remove NOTEPAD.EXE, it only and optionally replaces NOTEPAD.EXE with METAPAD.EXE.

I made a small fix to work with Metapad for larger files. Cheers

[erpdude8]

um, where is the link to the new version of MetaPad??

I use the plain ol' Notepad to open small .TXT files; many of them I work with.

wiSHmaKeR, can you make a patch for the Windows ME version of Notepad.exe?

[miko]

all you have to do is type (or cut and paste) MetaPad into Google . . . .

http://www.liquidninja.com/metapad/

http://welcome.to/metapad/

[LLXX]

What about adding a line number display to Notepad?

http://www.woodmann.com/fravia/razzcripp.htm

More of a reverse-engineering exercise than basic instructions, but who doesn't like line numbers??

[erpdude8]

I love Unoficial Windows 98 SE Service Pack, but it removed Notepad.exe from the Windows dir.

So I decided to get Notepad.exe from the Windows .CAB files and add any hacks (available on the net) that are useful. It's nothing special, just a patch for Notepad.exe but I thought someone doesn't have time to hack notepad could like it.

What is changed:

- Added easy to remeber shortcut keys like in Windows XP (Ctrl+S, Ctrl+A, Ctrl+F, etc.)

- Made Notepad to open > 64 kb files directly in Wordpad without prompting.

Used tools:

- Hex Workshop

- Resource Hacker

- Lucersoft's Patcher

Used guides:

- Hacking Notepad ( http://www.geocities.com/thestarman3/hack/notepad.htm )

- Adding shortcut keys to Notepad ( http://wint.virtualplastic.net/showtweak.php?tweak_id=139 )

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11-12-2005 --> Made a small fix for > 64 kb files to open with %WINDIR%\metapad.exe

The patch is attached to the message.

98seNp_111205.exe

The patch wiSHmaKeR made also worked with the Win98 FE version of Notepad.exe. heck, both Win98 1st and 2nd editions contain version 4.10.1998 of Notepad.exe. so the patch works for all versions of Win98.

thanks miko for the link to the metapad program.