Windows Wordpad


  1. Posts : 24
    Windows Vista
       #1

    Windows Wordpad


    I absolutely hate what Microsoft did to Windows Wordpad (wordpad.exe) in Windows 7. So I decided to try something to get the old Vista Version back. I use it a lot for coding HTML/CSS in the "Text Document" mode.

    I installed WinBubbles 1.76 and used it to add "Take Ownership Of File" and "Take Ownership Of Folder" to Windows 7 Windows Explorer's right-click Context menu.

    Then I took ownership of the C:\Program Files\Windows NT\Accessories folder. In there are "en-US" folder, wordpad.exe, and wordpadfilter.dll. I added a "1" on to the left-end of their names "1en-US" etc. so the computer couldn't find them.

    I plugged in a Flash Drive into my Vista computer and went to C:\Program Files\Windows NT\Accessories and copied "en-US" folder and wordpad.exe to the Flash drive. I plugged the Flash Drive into my Windows 7 64-bit computer and copied those files into C:\Program Files\Windows NT\Accessories

    I was overjoyed to find out that this worked great. If I ever need to restore the original Windows 7 Wordpad I can just reverse this process.

    After you restart your computer the Windows 7 Wordpad icon will be replaced by the icon of the Vista version.
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  2. Posts : 5,642
    Windows 10 Pro (x64)
       #2

    Could you not just use a better editor that is made for HTML and CSS? Like Komodo Edit (free)?
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  3. Posts : 797
    Windows 7 Ultimate (x64)
       #3

    I always use emacs. Never even used Wordpad, so was a bit confused to read the OP, I had no idea there was such a big difference between Vista and 7 in this respect.
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  4. Posts : 11,990
    Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit
       #4

    Good information.
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  5. Posts : 22,814
    W 7 64-bit Ultimate
       #5

    Hello DwightStegall.



    Thanks for the info!
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  6. Posts : 58
    Windows 7 64bit RTM
       #6

    What did Microsoft do to Wordpad that you hate so much?

    I'm just curious ..
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  7. Posts : 748
    Vista and now 7 in 32 and 64 bit.
       #7

    I was wondering the same thing, Pikey.
    Although have Office installed, I find it is quicker and easier to use wordpad for normal writing. It certainly does everything my lowlevel typing attempts require.
    I most certainly would hesitate to go through all that procedure to replace it
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  8. Posts : 24
    Windows Vista
    Thread Starter
       #8

    I was dead wrong!


    I was upset how everything was out in the open in the Windows 7 version of Wordpad. If I had looked closer I would have realized you could hide most of it.

    Not only that but copying Wordpad from Vista was a bad idea. Windows 7 keeps replacing it with it's own version when I restart my computer. Feel free to delete this thread if you like.
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