notepad and games

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rvmassey2000

I can see notepad in my accessory but it won't open when
I click on it. I have sever things in it saved but can't
retrieve. I have opened just about everything else.
Sometimes my system runs real slow too but I have cleaned
it numerous times and installed a new version mcAfee last
week and removed all threats and virus's but can't get
into notpad.
 
rvmassey2000 said:
I can see notepad in my accessory but it won't open when
I click on it. I have sever things in it saved but can't
retrieve. I have opened just about everything else.
Sometimes my system runs real slow too but I have cleaned
it numerous times and installed a new version mcAfee last
week and removed all threats and virus's but can't get
into notpad.
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I guess something is wrong with your notepad program then?
But that should not keep you from accessing your files!
Files created with notepad are by default saved as txt-files and
can be opened with most other text editors or word-processing
programs. Wordpad for instance, which is also part of windows xp.

good luck!

cybs, denmark
 
rvmassey2000 said:
I can see notepad in my accessory but it won't open when
I click on it. I have sever things in it saved but can't
retrieve. I have opened just about everything else.
Sometimes my system runs real slow too but I have cleaned
it numerous times and installed a new version mcAfee last
week and removed all threats and virus's but can't get
into notpad.
Click to expand...

Notepad does not store any information in it's own file. It is simply a text
editor that creates text files and then saves these text files to the hard
drive.

Go to start/Search and search for notepad.exe you should find several
copies on the hard drive, depending on how XP was installed and if you have
upgraded with a service pack. Double click each copy, in the search results
window, of this file until you find one that opens notepad. Move this copy
to the C:\Windows\System32 folder and let it over write the copy taht is
there.

You can also open files created in Notepad using Wordpad or any other text
editor.

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Regards,

Ronnie Vernon
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User

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