Problems with notepad

Post by **weemadando** » 2005-01-17 01:00am

I'm having issues with notepad.

If I launch it from a (personally) created shortcut in the start menu it works fine. But if I doubleclick a txt file or use the open with or if something tries to autolaunch it, it just doesn't happen.

Any solutions?

Faram · Post by **Faram** » 2005-01-17 02:36am

Some other app has stolen the *.txt extension.

To fix this do this.

Start Explorer
Click Tools
Click Folder Options
Click The File Types Tab
Scroll down to the TXT extension
Click Change
Choose Notepad

jcow79 · Post by **jcow79** » 2005-01-17 11:32am

I'm having this same issue but notepad is no longer in the list and if I browse to it it doesn't retain it as a choice even though the box is checked to always use it. Any suggestions?

Post by **weemadando** » 2005-01-19 07:59pm

Thats not the problem (though thanks for the help Faram).

I do that, but Notepad.exe is listed, but the icon is missing and when I reassociate, it still doesn't work.

The problem is that somewhere in windows, Notepad has gotten lost.

White Haven · Post by **White Haven** » 2005-01-19 08:06pm

Jcow, chances are you had a virus that infected notepad.exe and was deleted by AV software. For some reason, several viruses love to hole up in that file, I've yet to figure out why. I recommend reassociating to Wordpad, to both of you. See if that works. Even if it doesn't, it still tells you something.

jcow79 · Post by **jcow79** » 2005-01-20 11:34am

Ok...I got it fixed. I guess after the virus that screwed my notepad.exe got cleaned it left a notepad.exe that windows just didn't like. File size was all screwy. Go to this website and download their copy of notepad.exe and replace the notepad.exe in your C:\windows\ folder.
+http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/winf ... ml#notepad (I'm assuming your on windows XP)

After that I was able to reassociate .txt files just fine. And notepad appeared in the "open with" window as well.