Reinstall Notepad

[Anthony Smith]

Hello All,

I deleted Notepad and need to reinstall it. I found notepad. ex_, but I
can't convert it to notepad.exe to put it back into my system32 file. Does
anyone have any ideas on what to do. Do I need to reinstall Windows XP? I
don't want to lose my patches.

Thanks for Any Advise

 

[Juan Pablo Barrios [uy]]

Go to the console as follows:

Start --> Run --> type CMD there and hit intro.

A black window will appear.
Type the next line there and press intro.

Expand [SOURCE]\notepad.ex_ %windir%

Where [source] is the path in which is located the notepad.ex_ file.

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[Cyberbear]

Hello All,

I deleted Notepad and need to reinstall it. I found notepad. ex_,
but I can't convert it to notepad.exe to put it back into my system32
file. Does anyone have any ideas on what to do. Do I need to
reinstall Windows XP? I don't want to lose my patches.

Thanks for Any Advise

Use the "expand" utility.

Type expand <source filename> <Destination filename>

example:

expand notepad.ex_ C:\windows\notepad.exe


HTH

 

[Alex Nichol]

I deleted Notepad and need to reinstall it. I found notepad. ex_, but I
can't convert it to notepad.exe to put it back into my system32 file. Does
anyone have any ideas on what to do.

Go to Start - All Programs - Accessories - Command Prompt. Presuming
that notepad.exe_ was in the i386 folder of your CD, and its letter is
D: (otherwise adjust the following path) give
EXPAND D:\i386\notepad.ex_ C:\Windows\notepad.exe
EXIT

 

[Jim in Canada]

You might find another working copy of notepad.exe under
C:\Windows\System32\notepad.exe
I had a nasty virus infect notepad.exe, quarantine it, so then the Notepad
shortcuts did not work. I did a search on my system and there it was. So I
copied it from there, and pasted it to C:\Windows\
I do not know if the MVP's approve of this method, but it worked for me

Jim

 

[John Higgins]

I did the 'scannow' command and I can't tell for sure if it did the trick.
After running 'scannow', I did a file search for notepad.exe and file
manager found one. I double clicked on it and my notepad come up. I still
don't have it showing anywhere in my Start Programs list but at least I know
it's there and can run it if needed. I hope any applications that need it
can find it. Thanks for everyones help.

 

[Jim in Canada]

You can right-click and hold, drag the ghost to the Start menu/All
Programs/Accessories, let go and click on "create short cut..."