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Replacing Notepad with another text editor on Windows will help users switch from Notepad to a better alternative like Notepad++, which offers superior features and supports multiple languages, especially excelling in displaying programming languages. The process of replacing Notepad with another text editor is also straightforward through a few edits in the Registry Editor following the instructions below.
How to Replace Notepad with Another Text Editor on Windows
Step 1: Press the key combination to open the Run window and type regedit, then press Enter.
Step 2: In the Registry Editor window, navigate to the notepad.exe key using the following path:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESoftwareMicrosoftWindows NTCurrentVersionImage File Execution Options
Step 3: In case you don't see the notepad.exe key, right-click on the Image File Execution Options key, select New -> Key and name the key notepad.exe
Step 4: Right-click on the empty space in the right pane of the notepad.exe key, select New -> String Value and name the value Debugger .
Step 5: Open the Debugger value, in the Value data box, enter the path to the text editor you want to replace Notepad with. For example, if Mytour wants to replace Notepad with Notepad++, the value is 'C:ProgramFiles (x86)Notepad++ otepad++.exe' then press OK to complete.
After completing the setup, you can close the Registry Editor window and check if replacing Notepad with another text editor on Windows is finished. With this setup, you can change the default Notepad editor to other text editors such as Word versions in Office 2016. As known, Word 2016 allows you to edit text more easily with support for multiple languages, fonts, equations, unlike simple Notepad.
