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Re: Win98 versus 2000, XP, Longhorn, etc.
de Ron May 06/22/2006 12:50
On 21 Jun 2006 12:23:27 -0700, "Roger Johansson" <roger4911@gmail.com>
wrote:
>I tried replacing notepad.exe with metapad, and found out that this
>win2000 system defends itself against such attempts, it just restores
>the real notepad.exe.
The Metapad FAQ tells you how to get around this on W2K:
http://www.liquidninja.com/metapad/faq.html#Q17
Similar instructions for WinXP:
http://www.liquidninja.com/metapad/faq.html#Q28
I was able to use the manual "copy/paste" method succesfully a few
years ago on a pre-SP2 version of XPH, but on my latest box with the
Media Center Edition of XP, I had to go the batch file route.
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Ron M.