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		petee 40 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Windows Notepad App Remote Code Execution Vulnerab... Works great still, but now windows won't let me associate .txt files with it. God damn I hate the future

1970-01-01 40 days ago [–]

     ftype txtfile=c:\windows\NOTEPAD.EXE %1

petee 40 days ago | [–]

I can successfully set that as admin, but it doesn't change anything - file won't open and "open with" pops up an error still that notepad can't be used.

Edit: going with EmEditor; forgot that existed

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