wordpad problems

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Hello,my mother uses wordpad mainly but has been unable to open any documents
or enter wordpad at all.when trying to enter wordpad all that comes up is
that wordpad has performed an illegal function and has to close.I would
appreciate any help as to repair wordpad.she has windows 98 SE
thanks Dave

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If you can get more detail on the exact error message, it would help,
but try this:

Many errors in Wordpad are fixed by removing this key in the Registry
with Regedit:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Current
Version\Applets\Wordpad
A restart may be necessary.

See this article:
Invalid Page Fault Starting WordPad or Paint [Q218632]
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=218632

....Alan
--
Alan Edwards, MS MVP W95/98 Systems

In microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion, "dave"
<dave@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>Hello,my mother uses wordpad mainly but has been unable to open any documents
>or enter wordpad at all.when trying to enter wordpad all that comes up is
>that wordpad has performed an illegal function and has to close.I would
>appreciate any help as to repair wordpad.she has windows 98 SE
>thanks Dave