Notepad++ 3.4 released

A new version of Notepad++, the most excellent Notepad replacement, is available for download. Checkout the release notes for more information.

You can even have it be your default Notepad in Windows (rather than the anemic notepad.exe that ships with Windows). Here’s how:

• Download the Notepad++ launcher which allows you to replace Notepad completely by Notepad++.
• Backup your original Notepad.exe in c:\windows (we never know…).
• Copy notepad.exe which comes with this package into 3 directories (in given order) :
1. c:\windows\system32\dllcache
2. c:\windows\system32
3. c:\windows
• When you replace notepad.exe in c:\windows\system32 and c:\windows, a “Windows File Protection” message box appears, click Cancel. Then another message box appears, click OK.
• Modify you registry (if you use installer to install your Notepad++, you don’t need to do this step): Create key \HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Notepad++, then add your Notepad++ full path as the default value of this key. In my case, it’s C:\Program Files\Notepad++.