I just upgraded to Windows XP Professional from Windows 98 (I didn't a complete wipe of the hdd and reinstalled everything). In Win 98 I replaced my notepad with metapad (just by changing metapad ...

As a delightful heads up, Chiet's previous breakout software is the Desktop Goose buddy that will slightly annoy you in fun ways. I really appreciate the work he's done in just making computers ...

Thankfully, you can still re-enable the old version of Notepad by opening the Settings App (press Windows+i) and navigating to Apps > Advanced App Settings > App Execution Aliases ...