Installation

There are several ways, how to get TED Notepad ready for use. First, installation by an installer will install TED Notepad onto a computer, create shortcuts in the start menu and optionally add some additional Filters. An installation as a default notepad replacement may be chosen, but also may turn out unsuccessful.

Second, an installation from a zip package may be done hand-held by yourself, without use and help of any wizards and/or automated dialogs.

Third, TED Notepad may be runned even with no installation procedures at all.

All three types are described below and finally, several troubles are discussed, that may occurr during an installation.

Basic installation (with an Template:Cite)

Follow these steps to install TED Notepad using a NullSoft System Template:Cite.

1. Download the Template:Cite file of your choice and run it.

Note: Please, be careful to choose an appropriate installation file according to your system. You will have to choose between Windows 95/98/Me and Windows NT/2000/XP versions. The version for Windows NT/2000/XP will not run on Windows 95/98/Me.

Note: You may also choose between Template:Cite and Template:Cite clones. The Template:Cite clone is the default one and is recommended. See chapter RichEdit clone for more details about the available Template:Cite clone.

2. Follow steps displayed by the Template:Cite.

Note: You will be able to choose, whether to install TED Notepad as a Template:Cite and/or Template:Cite. Additionally, you may choose to setup some basic Filters and External viewers as well.

Warning: Installing TED Notepad as a Template:Cite may be considered as a violation by your System. Windows may try to restore all Template:Cite of TED Notepad with their originals. That means, that even after a successful installation of TED Notepad, it may be overwritten back to original Windows Notepad. This is because your system is trying to protect you and your data by protecting its basic set of applications.

In such a case, if your system asks for the Windows Installation CD/DVD in order to restore the original files, you may try to choose not to and then choose to keep the Template:Cite in order to keep TED Notepad installed.

However, sometimes your system will not need the Windows Installation CD/DVD at all and will restore the files silently on its own, even without your notice. In this case, you may not be able to install TED Notepad easily. Not without deleting and/or replacing all actual copies of the original Windows Notepad on your computer. Several such techniques are available and possible. One of them is described below, in the section File protection, but it is better to recommend you to install TED Notepad as a Template:Cite instead of trying to make it a Template:Cite. Especially when you have had no such previous experience.

If you come to a problem during the installation, read all notes above and below and also review the on-line manual for any further changes. You can find the most recent version of the on-line manual at http://jsimlo.sk/notepad/manual/.

If you find no answer to your problem, feel free to contact me directly through a form at http://jsimlo.sk/notepad/. In such case, please, try to describe your problem as clearly as possible. Also note, that these pages are translated automatically by google. I do not understand German, Dutch nor Portuguese... Really! I have already got several messages in Portuguese. I have not understood a single word.

Note, that this is a manual of TED Notepad version 5.0.0. If you are trying to install an older or newer version and have found no answer here, please refer to an appropriate manual version. You can find all reliable versions at http://jsimlo.sk/notepad/manual/.

ZIP packages for hand-held installation or no installation

These zip packages, downloadable on the same page as the Template:Cite, contain all the files you will need for a hand-held installation and/or for a direct use without any installation at all.

To run TED Notepad without any installation, unzip the content of a package to a directory of your own choice and run the Template:Var. Keep the documentation file Template:Var in the same directory as the executable application.

To install TED Notpead, unzip the content of a zip package into a desired directory. Then, it may be worthwile to add the chosen directory to the PATH enviroment variable (e.g. by modifying the Template:Var or System variables).

When installing as a default notepad replacement, the desired locations are Template:Var and Template:Var. Usually these locations are directories like Template:Var, Template:Var, Template:Var, Template:Var or Template:Var. It depends on the System type and version you have (ie. Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP) and also where the installation was made.