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Notepad file error

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by derek.harlan

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When ever I open a file with notepad from explorer, it opens the file and then pops up an error message, saying specified file can not be found...this problem has carried accros 3 OSes Win 95, 98, and now in 2k...any ideas?

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by dklippert

Try this:
Open Windows Explorer. Select Display > Options. Select the File types tab. Find the .txt file type ( textfile), and select 'modify' when found. In the 'Actions' window, find the 'Open' action, select it, and click the 'Modify' button: The correct entry should read C:\Windows\Notepad.exe, assuming C:\Wwindows is the windows folder. Click apply and it should work.

by derek.harlan

Thank you for your answer but this wasnt a file association error, as I said from the beging notepad opens with the proper file open and then pops up with its error that the text file could not be found. Though to be on the safe side I checked the accosiation and it was good.

by mm212

The association may be there, but the variable Notepad uses is probably incorrect. In regedit, go to HKCR\txtfile\shell\open\command and look at the command line in the "default" setting. It should be "%SystemRoot%\system32\NOTEPAD.EXE %1" (no quotes) in Win2K or "C:\Windows\notepade.exe %1" (no quotes)in Windows 95/98. I'm thinking the %1 is missing or incorrect.

by derek.harlan

Your answer was the most correct of the three, however what solved my problem was removing the %1, it was already there to begin with.

by estebandelatorre

It's the notepad virus!
It's automatically download from some prono sites.
Check how many notepads do you have.
For win95 size is: 35.328 bytes.

Just delete it and place the coorect version

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