incubus

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I have just reinstalled windows xp SP1 and my notepad wont
open. Not if I open a .TXT file (it does nothing) and not
if I open notepad.exe.
I also downloaded a version of notepad from teh web and it
won't work eiter. What should I do?
 
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Do a thorough virus scan. Do a search for notepad.exe, there might be
several copies on your computer. If you find one copy it to
C:\Windows\system32\

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Harry Ohrn MS-MVP [Shell/User]
www.webtree.ca/windowsxp


"Incubus" <verschuereke@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:348001c4a872$c018b7c0$a601280a@phx.gbl...
>I have just reinstalled windows xp SP1 and my notepad wont
> open. Not if I open a .TXT file (it does nothing) and not
> if I open notepad.exe.
> I also downloaded a version of notepad from teh web and it
> won't work eiter. What should I do?