cannot launch notepad in windows XP

Hi,

I am facing this strange issue that I cant launch notepad and I get the application error as you can see in the pic below:-

http://cid-7dd6f65edce61d83.skydrive.live.com/self.aspx/ScreenShots–Etc/Notepad–Etc/notepad.exe1.JPG

please help.

Cheers,

Prad.