Windows XP settings, Changing the default html editor Options

[dsp]

How do I change the default html editor (Notepad in my case)? This is usually changed via Internet Options > Programs.
Currently the only option in the dropdown menu is Notepad, but on a previous PC, I had both Notepad and Word in the menu.
Not sure how they were added unless its because they are both MS programs ?

Anyway I want to ad Metapad (a notepad replacement).

Thanks.

[Peter1968]

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/163606/en-us

HTH

[dsp]

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/163606/en-us

HTH

Thanks Peter. I managed to add metapad to the Edit button but Notepad is still the default when I click it. Any idea how to make Metapad the default or remove Notepad altogether? The KB info seems to say add " %1" to the end of the path to make it the default, but that hasn't made any difference for me (XP).

[pandy]

You mean the editor for View Source, don't you? "Edit" and "View Source" are different things with IE. There used to be registry hacks, but I don't know if they would work and be safe on XP. Let's be lazy and do it the easy way.
http://iconico.com/viewSourceEditor/

[dsp]

You mean the editor for View Source, don't you? "Edit" and "View Source" are different things with IE. There used to be registry hacks, but I don't know if they would work and be safe on XP. Let's be lazy and do it the easy way.
http://iconico.com/viewSourceEditor/

I mean the button that has the word "Edit" below it on the EI toolbar, which I thought revealed the same source as the menu option "View Source"?

The thing is, I already have an alternate text editor to notepad (metapad) and want IE to allow me to use this as the default (selectable from the IE toolbar Edit button).

Currently I have metapad available via the IE toolbar Edit button, but it isn't the dafault - so clicking the button still opens notepad. I can select metapad from the Edit dropdown menu, but I'm currently look for how to make this extra step uneccessary.

[pandy]

I've never managed to figure out what the difference is between Edit and View Source, but there is a difference. For eaxmple, I sometimes get binary characters when I use Edit. When i View Source on the same document with the same editor I do not.

OK, the tool I linked to lets you switch between several View Source editors. For the Edit button, the editor that's shown in the combo box at Internet Options | Programs becomes the default. So select Metapad from the drop down list and hit Apply. If you have already done that, I don't know.