In Windows Explorer and desktop, I seem to have lost the Notepad option
when right clicking -> Notepad text file. How can I restore this?

Thank you in advance.
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TweakUI, templates should help.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/d...powertoys.mspx

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Regards

Ron Badour
MS MVP 1997 - 2008


"Ant" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> In Windows Explorer and desktop, I seem to have lost the Notepad option
> when right clicking -> Notepad text file. How can I restore this?
>
> Thank you in advance.
> --
> "Remember when walking down the road of life, always stop and squish the
> ants." --Albian in Creatures game
> /\___/\
> / /\ /\ \ Phillip/Ant @ http://antfarm.ma.cx (Personal Web Site)
> | |o o| | Ant's Quality Foraged Links (AQFL): http://aqfl.net
> \ _ / Remove ANT from e-mail address: (E-Mail Removed)NT
> ( ) or (E-Mail Removed)
> Ant is currently not listening to any songs on his home computer.

On 11/24/2007 1:23 AM PT, Ron Badour typed:

> TweakUI, templates should help.
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/d...powertoys.mspx

OK, I went to Tweak UI v2.10's Templates and saw Notepad wasn't listed.
I clicked on Create button and picked c:\windows\notepad.exe, but got an
error: "notepad.exe -- This document cannot be used as a document
template."
--
"If someone makes you angry, I think the thing to do is tie them down to
the ground, cover them in honey, and then release a swarm of killer ants
on them. That way, you can hit them over and over again and say, 'Hey!
I'm just trying to help!' and they can't really get mad at you." --R.M.
Weiner
/\___/\
/ /\ /\ \ Phillip/Ant @ http://antfarm.ma.cx (Personal Web Site)
| |o o| | Ant's Quality Foraged Links (AQFL): http://aqfl.net
\ _ / Remove ANT from e-mail address: (E-Mail Removed)NT
( ) or (E-Mail Removed)
Ant is currently not listening to any songs on his home computer.

I don't know what the problem is and I would not fool around trying to fix
it since Notepad is not very functional. Get a freebie such as: Editpad
Lite: http://www.editpadpro.com/editpadlite.html I've used it since W95
days and it serves me well.

--
Regards

Ron Badour
MS MVP 1997 - 2008


"Ant" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> On 11/24/2007 1:23 AM PT, Ron Badour typed:
>
>> TweakUI, templates should help.
>> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/d...powertoys.mspx
>
> OK, I went to Tweak UI v2.10's Templates and saw Notepad wasn't listed. I
> clicked on Create button and picked c:\windows\notepad.exe, but got an
> error: "notepad.exe -- This document cannot be used as a document
> template."
> --
> "If someone makes you angry, I think the thing to do is tie them down to
> the ground, cover them in honey, and then release a swarm of killer ants
> on them. That way, you can hit them over and over again and say, 'Hey! I'm
> just trying to help!' and they can't really get mad at you." --R.M. Weiner
> /\___/\
> / /\ /\ \ Phillip/Ant @ http://antfarm.ma.cx (Personal Web Site)
> | |o o| | Ant's Quality Foraged Links (AQFL): http://aqfl.net
> \ _ / Remove ANT from e-mail address: (E-Mail Removed)NT
> ( ) or (E-Mail Removed)
> Ant is currently not listening to any songs on his home computer.

Ant wrote:

> In Windows Explorer and desktop, I seem to have lost the Notepad option
> when right clicking -> Notepad text file. How can I restore this?
>
> Thank you in advance.

Notepad has templates? Could it be MS Word masquerading as a text editor
via a template for such? That is, a *.txt file is opened in MS Word?
Funny thing about how Windows file associations can go awry.

On 11/24/2007 2:01 AM PT, Ron Badour typed:

> I don't know what the problem is and I would not fool around trying to fix
> it since Notepad is not very functional. Get a freebie such as: Editpad
> Lite: http://www.editpadpro.com/editpadlite.html I've used it since W95
> days and it serves me well.

I only use Notepad for simple editings like to do lists. Nothing fancy.
--
"For me, the smartest animal's a pigeon." "Huh?" "1,000 cars on the
turnpike, they find mine." "My vote goes to the ants." "How do you
figure that?" "Know those farms they build? They build those things
without plans. To ants! For all you do, this one's for you." --Cheers
(unknown episode)
/\___/\
/ /\ /\ \ Phillip/Ant @ http://antfarm.ma.cx (Personal Web Site)
| |o o| | Ant's Quality Foraged Links (AQFL): http://aqfl.net
\ _ / Remove ANT from e-mail address: (E-Mail Removed)NT
( ) or (E-Mail Removed)
Ant is currently not listening to any songs on his home computer.

On 11/24/2007 11:30 AM PT, Ghostrider typed:

>> In Windows Explorer and desktop, I seem to have lost the Notepad
>> option when right clicking -> Notepad text file. How can I restore this?
>>
>> Thank you in advance.
>
> Notepad has templates? Could it be MS Word masquerading as a text editor
> via a template for such? That is, a *.txt file is opened in MS Word?
> Funny thing about how Windows file associations can go awry.

No. When I open *.txt files, Notepad is opened to read them. I just
can't make a new text file.
--
"For me, the smartest animal's a pigeon." "Huh?" "1,000 cars on the
turnpike, they find mine." "My vote goes to the ants." "How do you
figure that?" "Know those farms they build? They build those things
without plans. To ants! For all you do, this one's for you." --Cheers
(unknown episode)
/\___/\
/ /\ /\ \ Phillip/Ant @ http://antfarm.ma.cx (Personal Web Site)
| |o o| | Ant's Quality Foraged Links (AQFL): http://aqfl.net
\ _ / Remove ANT from e-mail address: (E-Mail Removed)NT
( ) or (E-Mail Removed)
Ant is currently not listening to any songs on his home computer.

Ant wrote:
> On 11/24/2007 11:30 AM PT, Ghostrider typed:
>
>>> In Windows Explorer and desktop, I seem to have lost the Notepad
>>> option when right clicking -> Notepad text file. How can I restore this?
>>>
>>> Thank you in advance.
>>
>> Notepad has templates? Could it be MS Word masquerading as a text editor
>> via a template for such? That is, a *.txt file is opened in MS Word?
>> Funny thing about how Windows file associations can go awry.
>
> No. When I open *.txt files, Notepad is opened to read them. I just
> can't make a new text file.

So you open Notepad, then click File, New.. What happens? Is this
where you get an error about a template? Please post the error message,
or what happens.

--
Joe =o)

On 11/24/2007 3:14 PM PT, Elmo typed:

>>>> In Windows Explorer and desktop, I seem to have lost the Notepad
>>>> option when right clicking -> Notepad text file. How can I restore
>>>> this?
>>>
>>> Notepad has templates? Could it be MS Word masquerading as a text editor
>>> via a template for such? That is, a *.txt file is opened in MS Word?
>>> Funny thing about how Windows file associations can go awry.
>>
>> No. When I open *.txt files, Notepad is opened to read them. I just
>> can't make a new text file.
>
> So you open Notepad, then click File, New.. What happens? Is this
> where you get an error about a template? Please post the error message,
> or what happens.

In Notepad, File -> New is fine. I want to do it from desktop and
Windows Explorer with its right click and new Notepad file.
--
"I like ants, in chocolate. Crunch, hummmm." --unknown
/\___/\
/ /\ /\ \ Phillip/Ant @ http://antfarm.ma.cx (Personal Web Site)
| |o o| | Ant's Quality Foraged Links (AQFL): http://aqfl.net
\ _ / Remove ANT from e-mail address: (E-Mail Removed)NT
( ) or (E-Mail Removed)
Ant is currently not listening to any songs on his home computer.

Ant wrote:
> On 11/24/2007 3:14 PM PT, Elmo typed:
>
>>>>> In Windows Explorer and desktop, I seem to have lost the Notepad
>>>>> option when right clicking -> Notepad text file. How can I restore
>>>>> this?
>>>>
>>>> Notepad has templates? Could it be MS Word masquerading as a text
>>>> editor
>>>> via a template for such? That is, a *.txt file is opened in MS Word?
>>>> Funny thing about how Windows file associations can go awry.
>>>
>>> No. When I open *.txt files, Notepad is opened to read them. I just
>>> can't make a new text file.
>>
>> So you open Notepad, then click File, New.. What happens? Is this
>> where you get an error about a template? Please post the error
>> message, or what happens.
>
> In Notepad, File -> New is fine. I want to do it from desktop and
> Windows Explorer with its right click and new Notepad file.

And you don't have the "New", "Text Document" option? That's as close
as I can get to Notepad.. After the new icon is created, it still takes
a double-click to open the file.

--
Joe =o)