As i do in my windows boxes i'm tyring to replace notepad.exe with a better editor. however it'll never let me copy the file over, even when running in admin mode (or whatever). I get the UAC popup and after accepting it still says i dont have access to do the replace.

Anyone know how to get it to overwrite?

heres what i do:

right-click on notepad.exe and select Properties.

go to the Security tab > Advanced > Owner and change the Owner to Administrators and click OK.

go back to the Security tab and click on Edit..., under users/groups select Administrators and check teh box for Full control.

click OK twice and youre now able to delete/replace notepad.exe

try

1 - in prop .exe OWNER & SECURITY option for YOU (get it) ( Access TOTAL )
2 - Disable UAC ( run -> Services.msc )

See about UAC ( User Account Control )
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windows...a/aa905108.aspx

excuse me for my english

hrm, this doesnt seem to work for me

just login as admin and do it

Instead of throwing the baby out with the bath water and crippling security configurations just to rid ones self of a single 100kb file ... Why not just change the file associations for the file types you want opened with the other editor?

It's hardly hurting anything just sitting on the drive, Christ it's only a text editor not a plague rat.

Answer:
Because there are many many associations to change.

There's a "spoiler" tag, let's use it.

okey... here you go
disable UAC first.. (control panel--->user account-->Turn user account control on or off-->remove tick-->ok)
go to system32 [run(winkey +r)-->system32]
locate notepad
rt click on it-->properties-->security tab-->choose administator-->advance-->choose owner tab--> click edit-->click administrator-->ok-->OK-->on security tab again click administrator--->click edit-->click administrator again-->give full permission by putting tick mark on FULL-->ok-->ok

Delete notepad or rename to else
paste ur fav editor as notepad.exe

Voila...
cheers

What about recabbing the notepad replacement in your original source prior to install? hek thats what I do currently in xp.

How cleaver I have to highlight text to read it ... Not!

Many Many?!? try 2

.txt & Internet options HTML edit with...

Sure there are others .reg .inf .ini etc. Which have no syntax highlighting support (and therefore don't need a fancy editor...), and if you really need it then you're probably to stupid to be editing the file in the first place.

If you really want to have everything "covered" then add your editor of choice to the send to menu and you're done ... or pick an editor (Like EmEdit) that is written by someone with enough sense to grab the file associations during the install and it's problem over.

Poking holes in a security scheme that's designed to protect the OS just to wedge in some widget is foolish and a recipe for disaster.

ini, reg, inf have no syntax highlighting? No syntax folding either probably.
Have you ever changed more than one association in windows?
I have quite a good experience in this field and can tell you replacing notepad.exe is by far the easiest method.

Well well well..
it will require to build a DVD from the scratch and will lead a new topic again.

I understand that a command prompt is available from the Vista installation CD. Couldn't you just boot from the CD and alter things to your liking?

No worries man, if your up to it? Please enlighten us.

I agrree and on this, plus there are 2 notepad.exe in Vista
1\ Drive\Windows\notepad.exe
2:\ Drive\Windows\System32\notepad.exe

Wrong it easier to right click the text file and select the app you want to open it with and select alway use
then what has been posted to change or remove notepad.

the only issue with this is i'm not so certain that i want to disable UAC, and i've heard that disabling it and then re-enabling it causes issues.

it will never.. not to be so worried
here u can use script as well to gain the file ownership
Shift Right on the file you want to gain ownership and click Gain ownership
then do whatever u like with the file

Sadly that script does not working here. No such option when I right click a folder or file when holding down the shift key or not.

this is for windows Vista
not for windows XP

save that script on notepad and save it as reg file
merge it
now only u can see the option press shift + rt click on the file

http://www.pchell.com/virus/qaz.shtml

This exploit from long ago tampered with notepad, so maybe given that practically every user will eventually run it, they decided to lock it down to prevent tampering.

Yes this works but shift + right clicking on notepad does not give you that gain option. It does on other files but not notepad.

Try this vbs script
Thread For Take ownership

I just tried, but doesn't work with .EXE on Windows and System32 folders, with other files works perfectly, maybe is due by some update.

Run as administrator is causing u the problem
Merge this registry script and u will be able to take the EXE file ownership


merge it
now follow the previous steps

one thing linux still has better is with root you can f*** up your OS as much as you want if you know what you're doing.

yeah,, even in windows, if are logged with the administrative rights u will be able to do the same as u do in linux from root


but i hope this is better regarding the security