I wrote a batch file that replaced notepad with another file, its very handy because all the guides ive seen ask you to do it manually which isnt very intuitive.

its at http://kafene.org/scripts/notepad.bat

just drag and drop your replacement onto it, no renaming necessary and read the one instruction.

here's a post about it in my blog

What is this?

im not an expert at this, but doesnt that line continually make you ping yourself? if thats the case, wouldnt that slow down your computer a lot? or maybe im just wrong.

I hate being a newb, but this stuff really interests me, what 'language' is it?

I would not run this if I were you.

Looks like a script kiddie is getting some giggles over people flooding their computer.

ahhh!

especially someone with 14 posts? i do not trust this what so ever.

U R T3h N00BIE W00bIe, f00l!!!!!!!!!11111111111oneoneelven!!lol

Haha, I always look at batch files before I open them, even from legit sources.

So:

Report

Why'd you want to do something like this, script kiddie?

Thats pretty cool. Personally I just go to files and select .txt to be opened by my editor of choice. But for those that can't do that stuff, this is a good option if its a valid BAT file.

It just makes the computer wait a VERY little bit.

I don't know why, it certainly isn't needed.

Also,
Why did he make that batch file that long??????

Anyway, I won't be using it.
But it might be helpfull for some people.


EDIT:


Seems like he wants us to think he's doing a lot of work.
But it won't hurt you or your computer, it just slows down the process (+-20 seconds).

All you have to do is copy your replacement "notepad.exe" into Windows\system32\dllcache and \system32. Windows will ask for your install CD and you simply tell "no thank you" and to accept the new file.

Please stop spreading FUD: just because you don't understand something doesn't mean it's malicious.

The ping command pauses the script for one second. That's it. The OP probably used it for something related to file protection, but I don't see why it's needed.


Windows shell scripting (aka batch scripting).

Hmm ok thanks, I will look into it.

it's not malicious. im not a script kiddie or a newbie nerd either.
I write batch files to make my life easier.

the ping simply pauses it. there's no way to pause a terminal for a certain amount of time, but if you go too fast, the file gets an in use error, and if you go too slow then the old notepad gets put back from a replacement. Here, I'll do a description of what all the code does.


these lines simply send you a warning/notice. the only command used is echo

this makes a directory in C: called temporaryoldnotepadfolder to put your old notepad in temporarily.

this copies your old notepad to this new folder

this renames whatever file you drag/dropped onto the batch file to notepad.exe

this puts the new notepad.exe in C:

this pauses so that you must agree to continue by pressing any key

this is like a comment to just say, here begins the replacing.

prints "beginning" on the screen

this pings your local ethernet card for two seconds to create a delay so the file is not in use at the time this command executes. it points the traffic at NUL which is the windows equivalent of /dev/null in unix. I won't explain this line again.

this copies the notepad.exe file that was created with more 2 second pauses.

this prints a message so that the user can check whether or not the script completed successfully.

this moves deletes the copy of the new notepad that was made in C: and moves the old notepad that was backed up into C: then it removes the temporaryoldnotepadfolder that was made earlier and waits 20 seconds before closing in case you're still reading that message above.

that's just my license code


EDIT:
i just updated the code to do backup work in %TMP% instead of C: and move things to "\windows" in case your main drive isn't C:\

off topic--

Where did you learn to write this stuff?

--off topic

a general knowledge of the windows command line is all it takes. there's no syntax or anything like in C or PHP (im not spectacular at either)...

if you want to try something just open up notepad and type some commands.

you need "@echo off" first which makes it soo that when you type "echo hello" it doesnt write the word echo.

try doing this:
@echo off
cd C:
echo Hello world! >new.txt

all that does is shove the words "Hello world!" into a file called new.txt in C:
if you type "edit new.txt" or just open it in notepad, it will be there. then press alt+f and "x" to exit.

some commands are like:

del
move
copy
ping
tracert
net (net is VERY useful for almost all system related tasks like users and stuff)
edit
rename
telnet
ftp
tree
dir

there's tons more. these are all in reality little programs that do things. not many people think of "dir" as a program but it is indeed a program that simply lists the contents of a directory. In linux the "ls" command is very similar. if you'd like to see the source code for the ls program you can google "coreutils" and download the source. you'll need something like 7zip or winrar to unzip it. it's very simple.

if you can (service pack 1 or 2 disabled it) try "net send localhost hello" it will make a little box pop up that says "hello" in it.

I might be looking into that, thanks a bunch!

learn MSDOS and you will learn batch files in the same time
nearly all the same commands exept exclusif .bat commands like "CHOICE /c:1234" or "CALL" and more

ahah, i love all the "tech" guys in the first few posts and their lame explanations! better answer the clue phone boys. thanks for the script, care to reccomend a good notepad alt?

I personally hacked mine up, and then used this to replace it! Worked like a charm.

Who says that a 16 post "dude" cannot write a batch file program and help others...

Wake Up before you blame someone........

Good Job mcovey

-Siddhs

I want to know how to insert a break in a net send. In other words... i want to make a file that will send the message.... skip a line (or as many lines as i choose) and write some more text.... and the message alert pop-up will appear like this:


|------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|Messenger Service
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|Message from LocalHost to LocalHost on 11/8/2004 2:15:18 PM
|
|Hi
|
|This is a crap message
|Feel Free to ignore it because it is just an example |
|
| ----------------
| | OK |
| ----------------


I have no idea how to do this beyond :
any help appreciated thanx

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