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can't find notepad exe
Name: stumped Date: February 12, 2001 at 23:54:44 Pacific
Comment:
Hi, I had to reformat my c drive and then I re-loaded win98se. After the re-load, every time I double click on a text document, it says that it can't find the notepad exe? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated...
Name: neXussT Date: February 13, 2001 at 00:27:23 Pacific
Reply:
well...notepad.exe is in the c:\windows directory c if it's there
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Response Number 2
Name: KiNeL Date: February 13, 2001 at 01:04:15 Pacific
Reply:
Assuming notepad.exe is there it's probably just broken the association.
Click once on any .txt file
Hold down Shift and right click on the file, choose "Open With" (keep Shift pressed)
In the "Open with" window see if Notepad is listed if not click "Other" and find notepad.exe
Tick the "Always open with" box
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Response Number 3
Name: Janet Date: February 13, 2001 at 07:48:36 Pacific
Reply:
I doubt if this is the problem since you just formatted and reloaded, but there's one virus /worm (QAZ) that replaces your Notepad.exe. You can read this page:
http://www.europe.f-secure.com/v-descs/qaz.shtml
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Response Number 4
Name: Bob T Date: February 13, 2001 at 09:27:32 Pacific
Reply:
Or get a better replacement for notepad http://www.jgsoft.com/
Summary: I can't download off the internet, when I get the file almost downloaded it comes up CAN"T FIND PROGRAM.EXE: What can I do, or where can I find this program to download. Please help me!!!!! ...