I have had hard times replacing Notepad and it seems to come back ever so often. Finally (I hope) I found the solution. It is here, both in the initial suggestion and even better in the discussions:
http://weblogs.asp.net/rweigelt/archive/2004/08/12/213085.aspx
The basic thing is to replace notepad.exe wherever it resides, in the C:\WINDOWS subdirectories, mainly, ServicePackFiles\i386\ (which seems to be the main source) and SYSETM32\DLLCACHE\ (hidden file, second main source) and SYSTEM32\. Then, and only then, you can replace the C:\WINDOWS\notepad.exe without fear of it becoming overwritten.
I replaced it with the Crimson editor Notepad replacement (the notepad.exe that comes with the installation). It seems OK, except that when opening, it comes up with a warning:
C:\WINDOWS\ (or C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\) contains an invalid path.Then it just works.
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The warning message only appeared the first time opening Crimson. No error messages since that, so I can say this was a success.
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