garethflowers/replace-notepad.cmd

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Notepad Replacement Utility. A registry (reversible) method of changing the build the default Notepad application.

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replace-notepad.cmd

 rem Specify the location of the new Notepad application here
 set NOTEPAD_APP=%~dp0notepad.exe
 reg add "HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\notepad.exe" /v "Debugger" /t REG_SZ /d "\"%NOTEPAD_APP%\" -z" /f

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