Start>Run Question

  • Thread starter Thread starter mason
  • Start date Start date
M

mason

When I open Start>Run window and type in the following syntax, nothing
happens. If I do this in a command prompt, it works. Why does it behave
this? Thanks.

notepad.exe E:\dir1\dir2\gfi.ini

This is a Windows XP (SP2) (French) computer. And other PCs with the same OS
work fine.
 
is the file located in the same drive/directory?
do you get error message?
what is it?
try one step at a time.
just type: notepad.exe
does notepad open?
 
I know it's weird. It's just notepad. Wordpad launches OK. And running the
syntax from DOS prompt (any directory) is OK. There is only one notepad.exe
in C:\Windows. It must be something really simple that I can't see somehow.

The file can be any file. The problem is notepad does not open and there is
no error msg.
 
Is C:\windows and c:\windows\system32 in your path statement?

Start>run>cmd>path

does notepad work from Accessories menu?
 
Yes to both questions.

Dixonian69 said:
Is C:\windows and c:\windows\system32 in your path statement?

Start>run>cmd>path

does notepad work from Accessories menu?
Click to expand...
 
last comment i have is, copy notepad.exe to c:\windows\system32
i have notepad in both directories.
that don't work you got me!!!
let me know
 
Actually, I deleted the identical copy in C:\windows\system32 directory, and
XP automatically makes a copy there afterwards. Still not working. It got me
too.
 
do a file search.
notepad.*
see if there are any other file extension. like a notepad.com

you are typing notepad.exe or just notepad
 
No.

I typed notepad.exe.


Dixonian69 said:
do a file search.
notepad.*
see if there are any other file extension. like a notepad.com

you are typing notepad.exe or just notepad
Click to expand...
 
Back
Top