Replace Notepad.exe
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Install notepad++ somewhere else on your hard drive (c:\notepad++ will do).
Change your PATH environment variable: set PATH=c:\notepad++;%PATH%
Rename Notepad++.exe to notepad.exe
That should do it.
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Currently notepad++ is installed in C:\Program Files\notepad++ (W10, 64 bit)
And I have updated the path to that location.
It seems that renaming the file is what causes the problem.
Thanks for the suggestion! :)
To test this I copied notepad++.exe to notepad.exe and kept it in the c:\Program Files\notepad++ directory.
It will not execute!
-Matt
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ALso, I have been looking at the EXE file to see if perhaps I could change all the “notepad++” strings to just “notepad”.
And, I found dozens and dozens of funny quotes!
Like: Kids are like farts… you can only stand yours.
How do you turn these on?
-Matt
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How do you turn these on?
type the word random, highlight it and press f1
Cheers
Claudia -
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Thanks Claudia!
Weirder and weirder… If I create a hard-link named “testit.exe” it works. If I make a hard-link named “notepad.exe” it does not.
This has to be a windows thing. Something in windows is borking it up.
-Matt
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So I assume that notepad.exe is on the list of “secure” applications.
Unfortunately I do not have any windows to play with it .
What I would do is to run sysinternals procmon to see what is really going on.
Maybe this gives a hint what needs to be done.Cheers
Claudia -
type the word random, highlight it and press f1
This is supposed to do something?..didn’t for me.
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@Scott-Sumner
Hi Scott,yes, it opens a new doc and writes one of the easter eggs into.
You did type the word random, didn’t you?
Cheers
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Ah, at some point I must have unmapped F1. Looking at a default install, F1 is tied to “About Notepad++”. Activating “About Notepad++” via the mouse (on the ‘?’ menu) (with
randomhighlighted) invokes the Easter Egg functionality, so it appears it is tied to that function rather than only the keystroke.
