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Change Notepad default from ANSI to Unicode?
I'm trying to get the Notepad to save by default in Unicode rather than =
ANSI. I use a font that has characters that don't work with ANSI, and = I've remapped the keyboard to add several more characters that I use = often enough, and they don't translate into ANSI either. I can do it = manually, but I have to do it every time I save something anew in the = Notepad. Is there a registry setting I can change to get the Notepad to save to = Unicode by default? And what might that be? TIA. |
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Change Notepad default from ANSI to Unicode?
"Lee C." ChestnutLee[No wrote in message ... I'm trying to get the Notepad to save by default in Unicode rather than ANSI. I use a font that has characters that don't work with ANSI, and I've remapped the keyboard to add several more characters that I use often enough, and they don't translate into ANSI either. I can do it manually, but I have to do it every time I save something anew in the Notepad. Is there a registry setting I can change to get the Notepad to save to Unicode by default? And what might that be? You could try Orient which saves as by default in Unicode. http://jacob.saportas.free.fr/Download.html There is probably a way to change Orient to be the default text editor, I've seen it done with other new and improved text editors. Maybe something like rename notepad.exe to notepad.bak and then rename Orient.exe to notepad.exe and move its files to the C:\Windows folder. Orient saves to Unicode by default and Ansi is a choice in the dropdown menu. The reverse of Notepad. Also I think the author of Orient would likely know if the default save as behavior of Notepad can be changed fairly easily and how to do it. Orient does a 12/55-56 -- conversion to unicode if it matters. Regards, Stephen |
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Change Notepad default from ANSI to Unicode?
"Stephen Harris" wrote in message ... "Lee C." ChestnutLee[No wrote in message ... I'm trying to get the Notepad to save by default in Unicode rather than ANSI. I use a font that has characters that don't work with ANSI, and I've remapped the keyboard to add several more characters that I use often enough, and they don't translate into ANSI either. I can do it manually, but I have to do it every time I save something anew in the Notepad. Is there a registry setting I can change to get the Notepad to save to Unicode by default? And what might that be? You could try Orient which saves as by default in Unicode. http://jacob.saportas.free.fr/Download.html There is probably a way to change Orient to be the default text editor, I've seen it done with other new and improved text editors. Maybe something like rename notepad.exe to notepad.bak and then rename Orient.exe to notepad.exe and move its files to the C:\Windows folder. Orient saves to Unicode by default and Ansi is a choice in the dropdown menu. The reverse of Notepad. Also I think the author of Orient would likely know if the default save as behavior of Notepad can be changed fairly easily and how to do it. Orient does a 12/55-56 -- conversion to unicode if it matters. Regards, Stephen SH: This is how to change notepad.exe to another default text editor. I did something similar and had to reboot to safe mode to write to C:\windows\system32\dllcache from Google: "Well it turns out that I found my own answer... just changing file associations is not what I had in mind. I need to able to completely replace NOTEPAD.EXE with another editor. And herein lies the answer: http://www.notepad-replacements.com/notepadxp.html ************************************************** ************** In this step by step guide, I will show you how to permanently replace Notepad on Windows XP with the text editor of your choice. I am using EditPad Pro in the example but the procedure works with any decent Notepad replacement. I am showing how to do it with EditPad Pro simply because it is the editor I use all the time. This web site was created entirely in EditPad Pro, except for the graphics. You can keep your web browser open while following these instructions. Just make sure that Notepad is not running. I have tried to keep these instructions as simple as possible, so that anybody can follow them. Note that it is important to follow these instructions exactly. If I say that you need to overwrite Notepad, then you should do so. Otherwise, I cannot guarantee that these instructions will have the proper effect. Making a backup of Notepad.exe If you would ever like to restore plain old Notepad.exe, you will need to make a backup copy first. Without the backup copy, you will have no easy way of restoring the original Notepad. To make the backup copy, insert a floppy disk into your computer. The floppy disk should have at least 100 KB of free space on it. Find Notepad.exe in the C:\WINDOWS folder using Windows Explorer. Right-click on it, and select copy from the context menu (screen shot). Then right-click on the floppy disk drive in Windows Explorer, and select Paste from the context menu (screen shot). Windows will now place a copy of Notepad.exe onto the floppy disk. Important: It is important that you copy Notepad, and do not move it. Leave the original Notepad in place, so we can overwrite it later. Part 1: Make a copy of EditPad Pro and rename it to Notepad.exe Step 1: Find EditPadPro.exe (screen shot) By default, it is installed into C:\Program Files\JGsoft\EditPadPro\EditPadPro.exe. If the option to hide extensions of known file types is activated on your computer (it is by default), then the file will appear as "EditPadPro" instead of "EditPadPro.exe". Step 2: Copy EditPadPro.exe (screen shot) Right-click on EditPadPro.exe and pick Copy from the context menu. Step 3: Paste EditPadPro.exe (screen shot) Right-click on the empty space in the right pane in Windows Explorer, and pick Paste from the context menu. You will then see a new file appear with the name "Copy of EditPadPro.exe". Step 4: Rename Copy of EditPadPro.exe (screen shot) Right-click on the new file "Copy of EditPadPro.exe" and pick Rename from the context menu. Step 5: Type Notepad.exe as the new name (screen shot) Type in Notepad.exe on the keyboard and press the Enter key to rename "Copy of EditPadPro.exe" into "Notepad.exe". Part 2: Move the new Notepad.exe into the DllCache folder. Windows XP has a feature that protects vital system files from being modified. Notepad is considered a vital system file. Therefore, we must first overwrite the hidden backup copy of Notepad with our EditPad Pro in disguise. The hidden backup copies of the vital system files are kept in a secret DllCache folder. We will first change some settings to make it visible. (If you wondered why a naked Windows XP installation takes so much disk space, that's because almost everything is installed twice. One copy that you'll actually use, and one copy for backup.) Step 6: Select Tools|Folder Options from the menu (screen shot) Step 7: Turn ON "show hidden files and folders" and turn OFF "hide protected operating system files" (screen shot) In the Folder Options screen that appears, turn ON "show hidden files and folders". Then turn OFF "hide protected operating system files". You may need to scroll down the list of options to see these two options. Windows will then ask you if you really want to turn off the option to hide protected files. Click on Yes. You can leave all other options as they are. Press OK to close the screen after changing options as needed. Step 8: Cut the new Notepad.exe (screen shot) Right-click on the copy of EditPadPro.exe that we have renamed to Notepad.exe, and pick Cut from the context menu. After you do that, the Notepad.exe icon will look ghostly compared to the other icons. Step 9: Paste Notepad.exe into Windows\System32\dllcache (screen shot) Use the folders pane in Windows Explorer to navigate to the C:\Windows\System32\dllcache folder. Then right-click in the empty space of the right hand pane listing all the files in the dllcache folder. In the context menu, select Paste. Step 10: Confirm to replace Notepad.exe (screen shot) Windows will now ask if you are sure you want to replace Notepad. Click Yes. Part 3: Copy the new Notepad.exe into the Windows folder. Step 11: Copy the new Notepad.exe (screen shot) Right-click on the new Notepad.exe that you just pasted into the dllcache folder (and now shows with a green EditPad icon), and select Copy from the context menu. Step 12: Paste Notepad.exe into the Windows folder (screen shot) Navigate to the C:\Windows folder. Right-click in the empty space of the right hand pane and select Paste from the context menu. Windows will again ask you to confirm (screen shot). Just click Yes. Step 13: Tell the Windows File Protection to get lost (screen shot) Windows will now detect that you have just replaced one of it's "vital system files" (he he). It will then notice that the copy in the dllcache folder has also been tampered with! So Windows will ask you to insert your original Windows CD into your computer, so it can restore plain old Notepad. Do not insert the CD. Just click Cancel. Windows will insist, but click Cancel again and Windows will stop complaining. Part 4: Congratulations Step 14: Turn "hide protected operating system files" back on (screen shot) To prevent bad mistakes, it is a good idea to turn on the option to hide protected system files. Tampering with some of those files can really make your computer stop working, so it is best to hide them so nobody can mess with them by accident. Pick Tools|Folder Options from the menu in Windows Explorer, and activate "hide protected operating system files" again. |
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Change Notepad default from ANSI to Unicode?
Hi Lee,
Great to see you here! Has been a long time. And yeah, I know.....I still owe you that Cajun write-up thing. ) -- All the Best, Kelly Microsoft-MVP Windows® XP 2004 Windows MVP "Winny" Award Troubleshooting Windows XP http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com Taskbar Repair Tool Plus! http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm "Lee C." ChestnutLee[No wrote in message ... I'm trying to get the Notepad to save by default in Unicode rather than ANSI. I use a font that has characters that don't work with ANSI, and I've remapped the keyboard to add several more characters that I use often enough, and they don't translate into ANSI either. I can do it manually, but I have to do it every time I save something anew in the Notepad. Is there a registry setting I can change to get the Notepad to save to Unicode by default? And what might that be? TIA. |
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Change Notepad default from ANSI to Unicode?
Hello Kelly,
Good to see you're still sharing the wealth. Gotta be a job sometimes. = I'm tinkering again, obviously. And they're gonna be doing Longhorn = here soon enough and then I have to learn a whole new thing. And, to Steven Harris, thanks for the advice, I appreciate the thought, = but I already know how to substitute another application for Notepad. = What I was wondering was whether was a way to change Notepad's default = from ANSI to Unicode. .. "Kelly" wrote in message = ... Hi Lee, =20 Great to see you here! Has been a long time. And yeah, I know.....I = still=20 owe you that Cajun write-up thing. ) =20 --=20 All the Best, Kelly =20 Microsoft-MVP Windows=AE XP 2004 Windows MVP "Winny" Award =20 Troubleshooting Windows XP http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com =20 Taskbar Repair Tool Plus! http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm =20 =20 =20 "Lee C." ChestnutLee[No wrote in message=20 ... I'm trying to get the Notepad to save by default in Unicode rather = than=20 ANSI. I use a font that has characters that don't work with ANSI, and = I've=20 remapped the keyboard to add several more characters that I use often=20 enough, and they don't translate into ANSI either. I can do it = manually,=20 but I have to do it every time I save something anew in the Notepad. =20 Is there a registry setting I can change to get the Notepad to save to = Unicode by default? And what might that be? =20 TIA.=20 =20 |
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Change Notepad default from ANSI to Unicode?
Hi Lee,
Thanks for the reply! Yep, still up to it and thanks. ) As for Longhorn, you will adapt easily. Have been messing around with it for a great while now. Good luck with Notepad, hadn't ventured into that area. It serves my purpose as is. -- All the Best, Kelly Microsoft-MVP Windows® XP 2004 Windows MVP "Winny" Award Troubleshooting Windows XP http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com Taskbar Repair Tool Plus! http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm "Lee C." wrote in message ... Hello Kelly, Good to see you're still sharing the wealth. Gotta be a job sometimes. I'm tinkering again, obviously. And they're gonna be doing Longhorn here soon enough and then I have to learn a whole new thing. And, to Steven Harris, thanks for the advice, I appreciate the thought, but I already know how to substitute another application for Notepad. What I was wondering was whether was a way to change Notepad's default from ANSI to Unicode. .. "Kelly" wrote in message ... Hi Lee, Great to see you here! Has been a long time. And yeah, I know.....I still owe you that Cajun write-up thing. ) -- All the Best, Kelly Microsoft-MVP Windows® XP 2004 Windows MVP "Winny" Award Troubleshooting Windows XP http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com Taskbar Repair Tool Plus! http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm "Lee C." ChestnutLee[No wrote in message ... I'm trying to get the Notepad to save by default in Unicode rather than ANSI. I use a font that has characters that don't work with ANSI, and I've remapped the keyboard to add several more characters that I use often enough, and they don't translate into ANSI either. I can do it manually, but I have to do it every time I save something anew in the Notepad. Is there a registry setting I can change to get the Notepad to save to Unicode by default? And what might that be? TIA. |
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