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Windows 95/95OSR2/98/98SE/ME Notepad.exe patches
                 (by wiSHmaKeR)
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ATTENTION:
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THE PATCH IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY
OF ANY KIND. I SHALL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY
HARM THIS PATCH DID TO YOUR COMPUTER OR IF IT
EATED YOUR CAT. OF COURSE THIS AIN'T GOING TO
HAPPEN AS LONG AS YOU USE THE CORRESPONDING TO
YOUR OPERATING SYSTEM VERSION PATCH. THE PATCHES
ARE ONLY FOR THE US ENGLISH VERSIONS OF THE
OPERATING SYSTEMS.

The changes:
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- Added easy to remeber shortcut keys like in Windows NT/2000/XP (Ctrl+S, Ctrl+A, Ctrl+F, etc.).
- Made Notepad to open > 64 kb files directly in Metapad without prompting.
- Regrouped menus.

Download patches:
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Here is a patch list and the corresponding OS's:
95NP_181205.zip (17,8 KB)    -> Patch for Windows 95's Notepad.exe
95osrNP_181205.zip (17,8 KB) -> Patch for Windows 95 OSR2's Notepad.exe
98feNP_161205.zip (18,2 KB)  -> Patch for Windows 98's Notepad.exe
98seNP_111205.zip (18,3 KB)  -> Patch for Windows 98 SE's Notepad.exe
meNP_161205.zip (17,9 KB)    -> Patch for Windows ME's Notepad.exe

You can download a ZIP file with all the patches here.
IMPORTANT:
You also need to download Metapad and extract metapad.exe to the Windows directory if you want to be able to open > 64 kb files!

Used guides:
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- Hacking Notepad (Original page)
- Adding shortcut keys to Notepad (Original page)

Used tools:
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- Hex Workshop
- Resource Hacker
- Lucersoft's Patcher

Changelog:
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09-12-2005 --> Created patch for Windows 98 Second Edition.
11-12-2005 --> Made a patch update for > 64 kb files to open with %WINDIR%\metapad.exe.
16-12-2005 --> Created patches for Windows 98 First Edition and Windows ME.
18-12-2005 --> Created two more patches for Windows 95 & Windows 95 OSR2.
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