Ars Technica

How to replace notepad.exe in Windows XP Professional?

I just upgraded to Windows XP Professional from Windows 98 (I didn't a complete wipe of the hdd and reinstalled everything). In Win 98 I replaced my notepad with metapad (just by changing ...
Ars Technica

How to get Doom running in Windows’ notepad.exe

When it comes to the “How?” DoomPad coder Sam Chiet told Ars that the hack is “my favorite kind of magic trick,” the kind that “seems wild, but it’s super simple.” “[The] conversion is super simple ...
Computerworld

Now you can make Notepad print plain text files using your preferred settings

WE ALL HAVE to handle plain text files from time to time, and we know that printing files with the built-in Notepad applet in Windows should be called “pain text.” Fortunately, I’ve found a way to ...