all text is unreadable

[john]

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every text document on my pc has become unreadable, it
looks like its set as wingdings, ive tried using system
restore but that fails, im desperate, please help
ive run a full virus check and no errors

 

[user]

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"john" <john_mac_007@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>
> every text document on my pc has become unreadable, it
> looks like its set as wingdings, ive tried using system
> restore but that fails, im desperate, please help
> ive run a full virus check and no errors

Have you tried changing the font in notepad? Choose Format>Font and choose
something like "courier new" or "lucida console". If that doesn't work,
maybe its some kind of language setting problem.