What happened to Notepad?

[Bob Nadon]

I am using XP Home and have installed SP1 and SP2. System is current on
Windows updates.

I can see notepad.exe in the file list in C:\Windows
I can see notepad.exe in the file list in C:\Windows\System32
I can access the icon using Start/programs/accessories/notepad
and checking the properties at that point indicates the following

Target %systemroot%\system32\notepad.exe
Start in %homedrive%%homepath%

Whenever I try to open notepad I get the icon in the taskbar but nothing
else
If I try to open a .txt file I get the same result
If I try to open the same text file in word pad the file opens properly

Any help would be greatly appreciated

 

[Guest]

Go to accessories,R.click on tools,open,in the new window,R.click any
open space,new,shortcut.In the location field window,type:C:WINDOWS\
system32\notepad.exe
You could/might also,install xp cd,exit the info page,then go to run,type:cmd
In cmd type:Sfc /Scannow When its thru,type:CHKDSK C: /F Agree to restart,
then type:EXIT Remove xp cd,restart computer.

 

[JP]

Run a virus check and the mircrosoft anti spyware software. I had
something similiar a while back.

 

[Guest]

Might also be that the notepad window was moved off of the desktop, like into
the space a second monitor would use. Go into your desktop settings and see
if you have a second monitor turned on and disable it if it is. Any windows
in its space should move over to your primary monitor.

 

[Bob Nadon]

Many thanks for yoyr thoughts. Unfortunately none of them worked. For the
mean time I have associated .txt files to be opened with wordpad. I can
live with that.

Thank you

 

[Bob Nadon]

Should have picked up on this as soon as I read JP's reply. I had recently
installed a new video card and sure enough notepad was on the other monitor.

Many thanks JP. Thanks also to the others for their thoughts.

Bob Nadon

 

[Guest]

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hellsapoppin

 

[Guest]

note pad has disappeared from my accessories list and I was wondering if I
could just reinstall it. I'm, awfully computer ignorant

 

[Mike Trinder]

Mike,

Create a shortcut to the following, and place in your Accessories folder:
Calculator - c:\windows\system32\calc.exe
MS Paint - c:\windows\system32\mspaint.exe

Restore the items in Accessories and System Tools:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/accessories.htm

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Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://windowsxp.mvps.org