I have Notepad2 installed in my /windows folder and I really prefer it over the standard offering since it comes with a whack of useful features (like line numbers, scheme formats, regular expression searches, etc.). Unfortunately, it isn't obvious nor easy to default IE to use it for “View Source” operations on a web page.
So, here's a quick way of doing this. Disclaimer: This involves editing the registry, so be careful, don't hold me responsible, yadda, yadda, yadda.
- Open up regedit from the Start..Run box
- Navigate to HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer
- You should see a key in there called View Source Editor; if you don't (like me), add it.
- Within that key, if it doesn't exist, create another key called Editor Name.
- Modify the default value of this key to the fully-qualified-path to your editor of choice. For me, I used “C:\windows\notepad2.exe“.
- Close RegEdt
Changes should take effect immediately. Enjoy!
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Quick reference time again, kids! Today, we're going to launch control panels for XP from the command line! Here's an abbreviated list that I've compiled from my system by doing a quick search for files with the .cpl suffix in the C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32 folder:
| Control Panel |
Command |
| Add/Remove Programs |
appwiz.cpl |
| Display Properties |
desk.cpl |
| Firewall |
firewall.cpl |
| Add Hardware |
hdwwiz.cpl |
| Internet Properties |
inetcpl.cpl |
| Regional and Language Options |
intl.cpl |
| Mouse Properties |
main.cpl |
| Audio |
mmsys.cpl |
| Network Connections |
ncpa.cpl |
| Wireless Network Setup |
netsetup.cpl |
| User Accounts |
nusrmgr.cpl |
| Power Options |
powercfg.cpl |
| System Properties |
sysdm.cpl |
| Time/Date |
timedate.cpl |
| Windows Security Centre |
wscui.cpl |
| Automatic Updates |
wuaucpl.cpl |
I find the command names amusing -- some look or sound exactly like you think they should. “sysdm.cpl” was an inspired choice in this regard... ;)
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