4 Ways To Enable/Disable Optional Windows Features.This tutorial focuses on the TXT file extension, but the procedure is the same if you want to affect other simple text-based files like INI and others. If you are willing to pay, TextPad is our favorite all-purpose text editor. Metapad, Notepad 2, NoteTab (“Light” edition is free), and PFE (among many others!) Tip – here are a few free Notepad replacements you can download and try: This tutorial will explain how to manually force Windows to open text files with an editor of your choice, whether you are restoring the association with Notepad, or associating it with a more advanced Notepad replacement of your choice. Whenever you install new programs, they may automatically associate themselves with a particular file extension, like “ *.txt” for text files, something you may not want. In recent versions of Windows, the file extension of known file types is hidden by default, so you may not be able to see it (how to show file extensions in Windows 7). Unlike other operating systems, Windows 7 (and earlier versions of Windows) use the file extension to determine which program should launch this particular file type.

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