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Notepad missing!
Name: mts04988 Date: March 30, 2004 at 18:41:23 Pacific OS: windows xp home ed CPU/Ram: 2.0a intel
Comment:
I recently got a virus (Revop & Rameh) and I think I got them cleaned out. (Link to description http://www.computing.net/security/wwwboard/forum/10780.html) Anyway, When I click on .txt files it says Notepad.exe doesn't exist. I figured a simple re-install on WinXp would do the trick, but I re-installed and have the same problem. Any info on how to re-install Notepad?
Name: Solarian Date: March 30, 2004 at 20:51:41 Pacific
Reply:
mts04988:
Can you bring up Notepad using the run command?
Click on START, click on RUN, enter notepad in the box, click on OK.
Solarian
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Response Number 2
Name: Tufenuf Date: March 31, 2004 at 03:19:07 Pacific
Reply:
mts04988, You can download a copy of notepad.exe if you need to at the link below which also shows you where the file belongs for your version of Windows(Windows XP-C:\WINDOWS and C:\WINDOWS\System32).
Name: IronMan Date: March 31, 2004 at 05:02:37 Pacific
Reply:
Unless you have the Qaz Trojan, you shouldn't even have to download a new copy of the Notepad.exe.
In XP, as well as 2K and NT), the operating system automatically replaces the missing copy from the Windows/System32 directory. Even if that one is deleted, it will replace it from Windows/System32/dllcache.
If you do have the Qaz Trojan, you may want to check out the link below. The trojan renames notepad.exe to note.com, hence it can't be found.
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