Replace windows notepad with a better one

Felt the limitations of your notepad. Actually, you can do more than the custom functions that your default notepad provides if you have a better notepad.

Notepad2 is a freeware replacement to notepad with the following features:

• Customizable syntax highlighting
  
• HTML, XML, CSS, JavaScript, VBScript, ASP, PHP, CSS, Perl/CGI, C/C++, C#,
  Java, VB, Pascal, Assembler, SQL, Python, NSIS, INI, REG, INF, BAT, DIFF
  
• Drag & drop text editing inside and outside Notepad2
  
• Basic regular expression search and replace
  
• Useful word, line and block editing shortcuts
  
• Rectangular selection (Alt+Mouse)
  
• Brace matching, auto indent, long line marker, zoom functions
  
• Support for Unicode, UTF-8, Unix and Mac text files
  
• Open shell links
  
• Mostly adjustable
  

Download link : http://www.softpedia.com/get/Office-tools/Text-editors/Notepad2.shtml

Instructions to replace notepad :

1. Make backup copies of notepad.exe in the following directories (Not necessary
but good in case you want to roll back to the original notepad):

• C:\Windows\notepad.exe
  
• C:\Windows\System32\notepad.exe
  
• C:\Windows\system32\dllcache\notepad.exe
  

2. Rename notepad2.exe to notepad.exe.

3. Copy the renamed notepad.exe to all the directories listed above in an ascending order which will overwrite
the notepad.exe that is there.

4. Windows will issue an alert stating that the new notepad.exe is not the
correct one and if you would like to correct. Press cancel
at this prompt and then press Yes as we want to keep the
new notepad replacement.

5. Tada. You got a new notepad.

Enjoy. :)