notepad.exe in c:windows replaced

[Guest]

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I had replaced notepad.exe with notepad+ in both c:\windows &
c:\windows\system32 after renaming the original xp version in
c:\windows\system32.

There are no other occurrances found by the search even tho
c:\windows\prefetch sortof has the notepad.exe with a ".pf"
extension.

Now, how does xp w/sp1 replace the notepad+ with the original
xp notepad.exe ????!!!!???? after a reboot or shutdown & bootup
the next day or hours later???

The renamed notepad was "notepad.exe.xp" & I have now renamed it
as "notepad-xp.exe".

Is the "problem" that I copied notepad+ over(replacing) the xp
notepad in c:\windows? May have to try to deleting the notepad
prefetch file & also deleting notepad in c:\windows before copying
it.

What the h*** is xp doing & where is xp getting the original
xp notepad file??

 

[terry]

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On 9/15/2005 2:44 PM On a whim, plew@csus_abcdefg.edu pounded out on the
keyboard

> I had replaced notepad.exe with notepad+ in both c:\windows &
> c:\windows\system32 after renaming the original xp version in
> c:\windows\system32.
>
> There are no other occurrances found by the search even tho
> c:\windows\prefetch sortof has the notepad.exe with a ".pf"
> extension.
>
> Now, how does xp w/sp1 replace the notepad+ with the original
> xp notepad.exe ????!!!!???? after a reboot or shutdown & bootup
> the next day or hours later???
>
> The renamed notepad was "notepad.exe.xp" & I have now renamed it
> as "notepad-xp.exe".
>
> Is the "problem" that I copied notepad+ over(replacing) the xp
> notepad in c:\windows? May have to try to deleting the notepad
> prefetch file & also deleting notepad in c:\windows before copying
> it.
>
> What the h*** is xp doing & where is xp getting the original
> xp notepad file??
>

File Protection. Windows is trying to help you thinking another program
did this. I would do it another way. Just change the file types you want
to open notepad+ instead of notepad (In Explorer, Tools, Folder Options,
File Types tab). NP+ probably has settings in its preferences to do that
for you.


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[Guest]

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On 2005-09-15, Terry <F1ComNOSPAM@pobox.com> wrote:
> On 9/15/2005 2:44 PM On a whim, plew@csus_abcdefg.edu pounded out on the
> keyboard
>
>> I had replaced notepad.exe with notepad+ in both c:\windows &
>> c:\windows\system32 after renaming the original xp version in
>> c:\windows\system32.
>>
>> There are no other occurrances found by the search even tho
>> c:\windows\prefetch sortof has the notepad.exe with a ".pf"
>> extension.
>>
>> Now, how does xp w/sp1 replace the notepad+ with the original
>> xp notepad.exe ????!!!!???? after a reboot or shutdown & bootup
>> the next day or hours later???
>>
>> The renamed notepad was "notepad.exe.xp" & I have now renamed it
>> as "notepad-xp.exe".
>>
>> Is the "problem" that I copied notepad+ over(replacing) the xp
>> notepad in c:\windows? May have to try to deleting the notepad
>> prefetch file & also deleting notepad in c:\windows before copying
>> it.
>>
>> What the h*** is xp doing & where is xp getting the original
>> xp notepad file??
>>
>
> File Protection. Windows is trying to help you thinking another program
> did this. I would do it another way. Just change the file types you want
> to open notepad+ instead of notepad (In Explorer, Tools, Folder Options,
> File Types tab). NP+ probably has settings in its preferences to do that
> for you.
>
>

I tried deleting notepad.exe in C:\windows xp "deleted" & xp said ok;
did a dir & notepad was gone....BUT a few seconds later, xp put
the xp notepad back again in place again.

The interesting thing is that when I type "notepad" NP+ comes up
so that the notepad executed is the NP+ in c:\windows\system32
where NP+ is named notepad.exe.

I'll leave it alone for now as another m$ gestapo action.

 

[Jim]

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<plew@csus_abcdefg.edu> wrote in message
news:xNidnXjz-r-ndrTeRVn-uQ@comcast.com...
>I had replaced notepad.exe with notepad+ in both c:\windows &
> c:\windows\system32 after renaming the original xp version in
> c:\windows\system32.
>
> There are no other occurrances found by the search even tho
> c:\windows\prefetch sortof has the notepad.exe with a ".pf"
> extension.
>
> Now, how does xp w/sp1 replace the notepad+ with the original
> xp notepad.exe ????!!!!???? after a reboot or shutdown & bootup
> the next day or hours later???
>
> The renamed notepad was "notepad.exe.xp" & I have now renamed it
> as "notepad-xp.exe".
>
> Is the "problem" that I copied notepad+ over(replacing) the xp
> notepad in c:\windows? May have to try to deleting the notepad
> prefetch file & also deleting notepad in c:\windows before copying
> it.
>
> What the h*** is xp doing & where is xp getting the original
> xp notepad file??
C:\i386 ?
Jim
>

 

[Guest]

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On 2005-09-15, Jim <j.n@nospam.com> wrote:
>
><plew@csus_abcdefg.edu> wrote in message
> news:xNidnXjz-r-ndrTeRVn-uQ@comcast.com...
>>I had replaced notepad.exe with notepad+ in both c:\windows &
>> c:\windows\system32 after renaming the original xp version in
>> c:\windows\system32.
>>
>> There are no other occurrances found by the search even tho
>> c:\windows\prefetch sortof has the notepad.exe with a ".pf"
>> extension.
>>
>> Now, how does xp w/sp1 replace the notepad+ with the original
>> xp notepad.exe ????!!!!???? after a reboot or shutdown & bootup
>> the next day or hours later???
>>
>> The renamed notepad was "notepad.exe.xp" & I have now renamed it
>> as "notepad-xp.exe".
>>
>> Is the "problem" that I copied notepad+ over(replacing) the xp
>> notepad in c:\windows? May have to try to deleting the notepad
>> prefetch file & also deleting notepad in c:\windows before copying
>> it.
>>
>> What the h*** is xp doing & where is xp getting the original
>> xp notepad file??
> C:\i386 ?
> Jim
>>
>
There is no c:\i386 on my system. When I did a "del notepad.exe",
xp claims that it was done & doing a "dir note*" shows notepad
is gone from c:\windows. However, after a few seconds, notepad.exe
returns into c:\windows from somewhere not discernable on the
harddrive. This was verified when using xp's search to search
the harddrive & xp's search function "couldn't" find it or it
won't report it as per m$'s trojan methodology.

 

[Guest]

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plew@csus_abcdefg.edu wrote:
> I had replaced notepad.exe with notepad+ in both c:\windows &
> c:\windows\system32 after renaming the original xp version in
> c:\windows\system32.
>
> There are no other occurrances found by the search even tho
> c:\windows\prefetch sortof has the notepad.exe with a ".pf"
> extension.
>
> Now, how does xp w/sp1 replace the notepad+ with the original
> xp notepad.exe ????!!!!???? after a reboot or shutdown & bootup
> the next day or hours later???
>
> The renamed notepad was "notepad.exe.xp" & I have now renamed it
> as "notepad-xp.exe".
>
> Is the "problem" that I copied notepad+ over(replacing) the xp
> notepad in c:\windows? May have to try to deleting the notepad
> prefetch file & also deleting notepad in c:\windows before copying
> it.
>
> What the h*** is xp doing & where is xp getting the original
> xp notepad file??
>
QUIT FIGHTING IT.

Delete the SHORTCUT to Notepad
Add a shortcut to Notepad+
Change the file associations to Notepad+
Ignore Notepad

 

[Guest]

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From the DLLCache:
http://www.google.com/search?q=notepad%2Eexe+dllcache

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://windowsxp.mvps.org


<plew@csus_abcdefg.edu> wrote in message
news:xNidnXjz-r-ndrTeRVn-uQ@comcast.com...
>I had replaced notepad.exe with notepad+ in both c:\windows &
> c:\windows\system32 after renaming the original xp version in
> c:\windows\system32.
>
> There are no other occurrances found by the search even tho
> c:\windows\prefetch sortof has the notepad.exe with a ".pf"
> extension.
>
> Now, how does xp w/sp1 replace the notepad+ with the original
> xp notepad.exe ????!!!!???? after a reboot or shutdown & bootup
> the next day or hours later???
>
> The renamed notepad was "notepad.exe.xp" & I have now renamed it
> as "notepad-xp.exe".
>
> Is the "problem" that I copied notepad+ over(replacing) the xp
> notepad in c:\windows? May have to try to deleting the notepad
> prefetch file & also deleting notepad in c:\windows before copying
> it.
>
> What the h*** is xp doing & where is xp getting the original
> xp notepad file??
>