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I've lost WordPad and Paint!! Help!
Name: socrates Date: November 22, 2004 at 12:35:24 Pacific OS: XP CPU/Ram: AMD Athlon 2000+, 256MB
Comment:
I've just noticed that WordPad and Paint are missing from my Accessories menu! I don't recall uninstalling them, or deleting any associated files. I have used the search feature and fiddled about with Control Panel, but they appear lost for good and i cant think why!
Name: angrymen2001 Date: November 22, 2004 at 13:33:08 Pacific
Reply:
just do a search for wordpad or paint and see if they show up and where. Then go to the accessories folder and make a shortcut to the locations.
When all else fails beat the $%!* out of it!!!
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Response Number 2
Name: MaryB Date: November 22, 2004 at 13:43:44 Pacific
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If you really think they are lost. Go to control panel add/remove programmes Add/remove windows components click the plus signs in accessories, then check mark to get back what is missing
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Response Number 3
Name: CrazyBass Date: November 22, 2004 at 13:48:17 Pacific
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Start>Run... enter in
mspaint.exe
for Paint, and for wordpad...
wordpad.exe
Dell Dimension 4600i Windows XP Home SP2 Microsoft Office 2003 Pentium 4 @ 2.8GHz 512MB Dual Channel RAM 40GB HD
...If my computer's not happy, I'm not happy.
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Response Number 4
Name: socrates Date: November 23, 2004 at 08:15:12 Pacific
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Thanks guys. I'll give these suggestion and get back to you.
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Response Number 5
Name: socrates Date: November 23, 2004 at 14:26:47 Pacific
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Using Mary B's method, i've been able to get paint back!
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Response Number 6
Name: Chev Riley Date: November 24, 2004 at 20:50:32 Pacific
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im having the exact same problem since yesterday on my win98 machine. i suspect virus. first wordpad went, then paint. i ran PestPatrol on the computer and it found nothing serious, so i dunno. its unlikely ill keep up with this topic but ill email socrates if i find the culprit. id love an email in the event someone figures it out, too.
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