windows cannot find notepad.exe

[Ira]

error message= windows cannot find notepad.exe
how do I fix this
thanks

 

[Malke]

error message= windows cannot find notepad.exe
how do I fix this
thanks

First, since notepad can be damaged by a virus, what does a scan with a
current antivirus program (meaning a version not earlier than 2002 and
using updated virus definitions) show? If you know your computer is
clean:

1) See if you have a copy of Notepad.exe in C:\Windows\System32 or C
\Windows\ServicePackFiles\I386 and if so, copy the file to C:\Windows;
or

2) Expand a copy of notepad.exe to C:\Windows\System32 by doing the
following:

Have the XP install CD in the CDROM drive. Go to Start>Run and type
"cmd" without the quotes, Enter. In the command prompt window, type:

expand X:\i386\notepad.ex_ c:\Windows\System32\notepad.exe (where you
will replace the X with the actual drive letter designation for your
CDROM drive) Then press Enter.

3)Exit the command prompt window by typing "exit", then press Enter.

Malke

 

[SteveL]

update definitions and check for viruses, also the sasser
worm.

 

[S.Sengupta]

Scan your system with latest virus definitioned antivirus.
Run the edit on line 326 - Restore Notepad.exe
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

regards,
ssg MS-MVP
pronetworks.org

 

[Guest]

what do you mean by run the edit on line 326?
thanks

 

[Guest]

thanks, It worked
Ira

-----Original Message-----


First, since notepad can be damaged by a virus, what does a scan with a
current antivirus program (meaning a version not earlier than 2002 and
using updated virus definitions) show? If you know your computer is
clean:

1) See if you have a copy of Notepad.exe in C:\Windows\System32 or C
\Windows\ServicePackFiles\I386 and if so, copy the file to C:\Windows;
or

2) Expand a copy of notepad.exe to C:\Windows\System32 by doing the
following:

Have the XP install CD in the CDROM drive. Go to Start>Run and type
"cmd" without the quotes, Enter. In the command prompt window, type:

expand X:\i386\notepad.ex_ c:\Windows\System32 \notepad.exe (where you
will replace the X with the actual drive letter designation for your
CDROM drive) Then press Enter.

3)Exit the command prompt window by typing "exit", then press Enter.

Malke
--
MS MVP - Windows Shell/User
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"
.

 

[Alex Nichol]

error message= windows cannot find notepad.exe
how do I fix this

Notepad.exe needs to be in two places - something around seems to be
deleting it from one of them. Look for it in both
C:\Windows
and
C:\Windows\system32
and if you find it in one of them, copy it to the other

 

[rwbenjamin]

I now have a file that looks just like notepad in the windows\system 3
folder but it has been changed to 'notpad'
Its even the same file size as notepad. I scanned it with an update
virus checker and its clean. I copy and pasted 'notepad' from m
windows folder into this folder and now my shortuct etc finds notepa
fine.
My question is, should I delete this file called 'notpad' or just leav
it alone ?

And what could have changed notepads name ?

Thank


-
rwbenjami

 

[Frank]

I now have a file that looks just like notepad in the windows\system
32
folder but it has been changed to 'notpad'
Its even the same file size as notepad. I scanned it with an updated
virus checker and its clean. I copy and pasted 'notepad' from my
windows folder into this folder and now my shortuct etc finds
notepad
fine.
My question is, should I delete this file called 'notpad' or just
leave
it alone ?

And what could have changed notepads name ?

You or a virus....

 

[Alex Nichol]

I now have a file that looks just like notepad in the windows\system 32
folder but it has been changed to 'notpad'
Its even the same file size as notepad. I scanned it with an updated
virus checker and its clean. I copy and pasted 'notepad' from my
windows folder into this folder and now my shortuct etc finds notepad
fine.
My question is, should I delete this file called 'notpad' or just leave
it alone ?

I would be very suspicious of exe files which look very nearly but not
quite like system ones. Rename it with a different extension - eg
not.xex - and see