notepad won't open

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kathyk said:
can you help - notepad will not open in my XP professional.
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The file may have become corrupted.

Open Windows Explorer and navigate to C:\Windows\System32\dllcache folder. Locate Notepad.exe and double click the file. If this opens Notepad, copy the file to the System32 folder.
 
Ronnie said:
The file may have become corrupted.

Open Windows Explorer and navigate to C:\Windows\System32\dllcache
folder. Locate Notepad.exe and double click the file. If this opens
Notepad, copy the file to the System32 folder.
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In addition to Mr. Vernon's good advice, please make sure your computer is
virus-free since Notepad not opening can be symptomatic of virus infection.

Be sure the computer is clean:
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Removing_Malware

More information about Notepad gone missing:

From information by MVP Patti McLeod:

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;

2) Or 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.

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

Also MVP Kelly Theriot has: To restore Notepad download the zip on line 326
- http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

Malke
 
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