Good or bad to replace Notepad in windows 7?

As a LONG time XP user I replaced Notepad with Notepad++ and was VERY pleased with the result as IMO Notepad should be more like Notepad++ in the first place. My question is first should I try to Replace it as i did with Windows XP? Secondly If this is an ok thing to do (will not harm anything). HOW do i do it? same as the how to's online about doing it with vista? Requires 4 file Replacements? TIA also does anyone have an opinion on possibly an different app for the replacement?

No need to do the replacing manually, the latest version installs inself,

Notepad++ | Download Notepad++ software for free at SourceForge.net

From the poll results most people voted for me to use it as a separate application I am OK with that although how can i associate ALL text type Files Even configuration files for programming to Notepad++, I thought it would be easier to replace notepad than to do this.

Now for how i was planning on replacing it I found several tutorials online how to do it on windows seven.
The links are below:

• How To Replace Notepad in Windows 7 - How-To Geek
• Replace Notepad in Windows 7
• How do I replace Notepad in Windows 7? - Super User

I was thinking i would follow the first link as i have used tutorials from that site and they have all worked as far as I remember.

So with this new information should i still go with the consensus of the poll and not replace notepad? or should I do it instead of the file association?

Now if I dont replace notepad how do i set the file associations? Can someone help me with a batch file? If someone who knows how to make the file i can add the extensions i want to associate although IDK how to make the batch file part that is most important, setting it up for file associations. Is this even possible with a batch file or some script to do it all in one swoop?

Currently I am leaning towards replacing notepad as i did this with XP and it was great and i used it that way for several years. So if you care Convince me with what you would do in my situation. Personally I think notepad should be much more like Notepad++ already I know its not an integral part of Windows but still it hasn't changed AFAIK since windows 95 (15 years of non development?) I know its not a priority but wordpad isn't really a better option either so .....

Thanks for your comments guys!

Also thanks for letting me know that using notepad++ is saving the environment now i feel so warm and fuzzy when i use it. ROMALOL

OHHH MAN its not much of an issue bnut i meant NOTEPAD 2 not NOTEPAD++ because Notepad 2 has a 64 bit version (LOL I think i am going to need 64 bit text editing LOL)