FluentNotepad is a free portable tool created by SalvoG92 at deviantART that provides a Office 2010-like ribbon user interface in Windows 7/Vista.
How to replace it with the default Windows Notepad:
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Download the tool. (Link given below)
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Open the archive.
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Navigate to: C:\Windows & C:\Windows\System32 (Change C: to your system drive) and rename the Notepad.exe file in both the folders to Notepad-No-Ribbon.exe
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Copy FluentNotepad.exe & Fluent.dll from the downloaded folder and paste them in C:\Windows & C:\Windows\System32 (Change C: with your system drive).
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Rename FluentNotepad.exe to Notepad.exe.
Now the default Windows Notepad will be replaced with the Ribbon UI Notepad.
How to restore the default Windows Notepad:
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Navigate to: C:\Windows & C:\Windows\System32 (Change C: to your system drive) and delete the Notepad.exe & Fluent.dll files in both the folders.
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Rename the Notepad-No-Ribbon.exe file in C:\Windows & C:\Windows\System32 (Change C: to your system drive) to Notepad.exe.
Now the Ribbon UI Notepad will be replaced with the default Windows Notepad.
(360 KB) (Requires .NET Framework 4)