Replacing Notepad with Flo's Notepad2 on Windows 7

1.  Once you downloaded Flo's Notepad2, get the Auto Install Script (link available here).

Auto Install Script (batch file) should look something like this:

@echo off
TITLE Notepad2 Install Script for Complete Vista Notepad Replacement
echo.
echo Notepad2 Install Script for Complete Vista Notepad Replacement
echo Version 1.0
echo.
echo (c) My Digital Life (www.mydigitallife.info)
echo.
echo.
echo.
echo.echo Confirm to apply? (Press Ctrl-C and answer Y to terminate)
pause
echo.
echo.

takeown /f %Systemroot%\notepad.exe
takeown /f %Systemroot%\System32\notepad.exe
icacls %Systemroot%\notepad.exe /grant "%username%":f
icacls %Systemroot%\System32\notepad.exe /grant "%username%":f
IF EXIST %SYSTEMROOT%\SysWOW64 (bcdedit.exe -set loadoptions "DDISABLE_INTEGRITY_CHECKS")
copy %Systemroot%\notepad.exe %Systemroot%\notepad.original.exe
copy %Systemroot%\System32\notepad.exe %Systemroot%\System32\notepad.original.exe 
echo.
echo Original notepad.exe has been renamed to "notepad.original.exe" in its original folder.
echo.
copy notepad2.exe %Systemroot%\notepad.exe /y
copy notepad2.exe %systemroot%\System32\notepad.exe /y
echo.
echo Notepad2 installation is completed.
echo If no error occurred, Notepad2 will now replace all Notepad functions.
echo.
pause

2.  Copy the Notepad2.exe that you downloaded into the following folders:

• C:\Windows\ 
• C:\Windows\System32\

3.  Take ownership of the original notepad.exe in the following folders:

• C:\Windows\ 
• C:\Windows\System32\ 

4.  Then run the Auto Install Script.

Run notepad and you should be good to go.