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rdhw · 28-01-2004, 14:15

Mixteus,

Both Nemesis and I suggested that you should search your system for filenames of the form notepad.* to see whether there are any bogus files of this name earlier in the PATH than the true notepad.exe, and we have yet to see the full outcome of that. You should post the actual name of the found file (including the extension that Windows hides by default), and the folder name in which it resides. You should also post your current PATH setting so that we can see which directories are included in the PATH before the standard Windows one.

You can also do an sfc to check the Windows files on your system, and this is much less destructive than doing a format and re-installation.

28-01-2004, 14:15	#33
rdhw Inactive Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Cambridge Posts: 567	Re: Help! I can not open Text files? Mixteus, Both Nemesis and I suggested that you should search your system for filenames of the form notepad.* to see whether there are any bogus files of this name earlier in the PATH than the true notepad.exe, and we have yet to see the full outcome of that. You should post the actual name of the found file (including the extension that Windows hides by default), and the folder name in which it resides. You should also post your current PATH setting so that we can see which directories are included in the PATH before the standard Windows one. You can also do an sfc to check the Windows files on your system, and this is much less destructive than doing a format and re-installation.