Problem with Notepad

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The text files in my Win XP Professional workstation is no longer being opened in Notepad. It is now opened in Wordpad. Notepad.exe does exist in C:\Wondows folder. When I tried to associate the text (.txt) files with notepad application, notepad is not in the "Open With" list. How can I add notepad to this list, before selecting it for association

Thanks for the help.
 
Hi,

The text files in my Win XP Professional workstation is no longer being opened in Notepad. It is now opened in Wordpad. Notepad.exe does exist in C:\Wondows folder. When I tried to associate the text (.txt) files with notepad application, notepad is not in the "Open With" list. How can I add notepad to this list, before selecting it for association?

Thanks for the help.

To restore open with, try this script:
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/regs_edits/openwithrestore.reg

You can open it with Wordpad to see its contents.

Good luck
 

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