Curious - why wordpad.exe in 2 locations?

[Jack]

On my Win XP pc, I see that Wordpad.exe is found in 2 places:
1. C:\WINDOWS\ServicePackFiles\i386
2. C:\Program Files\Windows NT\Accessories

Why is that?

Jack

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

On my Win XP pc, I see that Wordpad.exe is found in 2 places:
1. C:\WINDOWS\ServicePackFiles\i386
2. C:\Program Files\Windows NT\Accessories

Why is that?

Jack

Because #2 is the working version and #1 is the updated
version that came with your service pack. There are lots
of other duplicates too!

 

[Jack]

OK, thanks -- but here's the real problem:

I'm trying to add a button to the MS Office Bar (Ofc 97) and get it to work
on my XP machine as is does on my Win 98 machine. No matter which path I
use as the target, it doesn't work.

"C:\WINDOWS\ServicePackFiles\i386\wordpad.exe" /ASCII&~1.rtf
or
"C:\Program Files\Windows NT\Accessories\wordpad.exe" /ASCII&~1.rtf

Some stupid error with DrWatson seems involved!?


Jack

On my Win XP pc, I see that Wordpad.exe is found in 2 places:
1. C:\WINDOWS\ServicePackFiles\i386
2. C:\Program Files\Windows NT\Accessories

Why is that?

Jack

Because #2 is the working version and #1 is the updated
version that came with your service pack. There are lots
of other duplicates too!

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

OK, thanks -- but here's the real problem:

I'm trying to add a button to the MS Office Bar (Ofc 97) and get it to work
on my XP machine as is does on my Win 98 machine. No matter which path I
use as the target, it doesn't work.

"C:\WINDOWS\ServicePackFiles\i386\wordpad.exe" /ASCII&~1.rtf
or
"C:\Program Files\Windows NT\Accessories\wordpad.exe" /ASCII&~1.rtf

Some stupid error with DrWatson seems involved!?


Jack

Your command

"C:\Program Files\Windows NT\Accessories\wordpad.exe" /ASCII&~1.rtf

looks rather strange. How about something like this:

"C:\Program Files\Windows NT\Accessories\wordpad.exe" c:\SomeFile.rtf

 

[Jack]

OK, thanks -- that works.
Interesting, in Win 98, I did it with the switch "/", the 8-letter file
name, and putting the path in START IN.

Jack

OK, thanks -- but here's the real problem:

I'm trying to add a button to the MS Office Bar (Ofc 97) and get it to work
on my XP machine as is does on my Win 98 machine. No matter which path I
use as the target, it doesn't work.

"C:\WINDOWS\ServicePackFiles\i386\wordpad.exe" /ASCII&~1.rtf
or
"C:\Program Files\Windows NT\Accessories\wordpad.exe" /ASCII&~1.rtf

Some stupid error with DrWatson seems involved!?


Jack

Your command

"C:\Program Files\Windows NT\Accessories\wordpad.exe" /ASCII&~1.rtf

looks rather strange. How about something like this:

"C:\Program Files\Windows NT\Accessories\wordpad.exe" c:\SomeFile.rtf