Word pad

[Thoy]

Recently I have received some .DOC files from a relative which I can only
open by transferring them to my desktop and changing the access to Word. On
the other hand my wife can just click an them and they open in Wordpad. I
thought I had this on my PC but cannot find it.I am sure it was there when I
had the PC! I have Notepad, but this produces a file with all the code
included. This makes it unusable and not suitable to print.

TIA

[Norm Cook]

"Thoy" > wrote in message
...
> Recently I have received some .DOC files from a relative which I can only
> open by transferring them to my desktop and changing the access to Word.
> On the other hand my wife can just click an them and they open in Wordpad.
> I thought I had this on my PC but cannot find it.I am sure it was there
> when I had the PC! I have Notepad, but this produces a file with all the
> code included. This makes it unusable and not suitable to print.
>
> TIA
>


On my box, it is located at:
C:\Program Files\Windows NT\Accessories\wordpad.exe

[Bob I]

try Start, Run, Wordpad, enter key

tell us what happens

Thoy wrote:

> Recently I have received some .DOC files from a relative which I can only
> open by transferring them to my desktop and changing the access to Word. On
> the other hand my wife can just click an them and they open in Wordpad. I
> thought I had this on my PC but cannot find it.I am sure it was there when I
> had the PC! I have Notepad, but this produces a file with all the code
> included. This makes it unusable and not suitable to print.
>
> TIA
>
>

[Thoy]

No wopadpadl listed in my accessories list..just notepad


"Norm Cook" > wrote in message
...
> "Thoy" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Recently I have received some .DOC files from a relative which I can only
>> open by transferring them to my desktop and changing the access to Word.
>> On the other hand my wife can just click an them and they open in
>> Wordpad. I thought I had this on my PC but cannot find it.I am sure it
>> was there when I had the PC! I have Notepad, but this produces a file
>> with all the code included. This makes it unusable and not suitable to
>> print.
>>
>> TIA
>>
>
>
> On my box, it is located at:
> C:\Program Files\Windows NT\Accessories\wordpad.exe
>

[Thoy]

Nope answer is that it cant find wordpad...Seems to have just gone.......
:-((

Can I reload it from my repair disc I got from Dell...Of course they did not
supply with an XP disc !


"Bob I" > wrote in message
...
> try Start, Run, Wordpad, enter key
>
> tell us what happens
>
> Thoy wrote:
>
>> Recently I have received some .DOC files from a relative which I can only
>> open by transferring them to my desktop and changing the access to Word.
>> On the other hand my wife can just click an them and they open in
>> Wordpad. I thought I had this on my PC but cannot find it.I am sure it
>> was there when I had the PC! I have Notepad, but this produces a file
>> with all the code included. This makes it unusable and not suitable to
>> print.
>>
>> TIA
>>
>>
>

[Bob I]

Dell does if you ask.

The security patch below should put it back.

MS09-010: Description of the update for Windows WordPad Converter: April
14, 2009
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/923561

Thoy wrote:

> Nope answer is that it cant find wordpad...Seems to have just gone.......
> :-((
>
> Can I reload it from my repair disc I got from Dell...Of course they did not
> supply with an XP disc !
>
>
> "Bob I" > wrote in message
> ...
>
>>try Start, Run, Wordpad, enter key
>>
>>tell us what happens
>>
>>Thoy wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Recently I have received some .DOC files from a relative which I can only
>>>open by transferring them to my desktop and changing the access to Word.
>>>On the other hand my wife can just click an them and they open in
>>>Wordpad. I thought I had this on my PC but cannot find it.I am sure it
>>>was there when I had the PC! I have Notepad, but this produces a file
>>>with all the code included. This makes it unusable and not suitable to
>>>print.
>>>
>>>TIA
>>>
>>>
>>
>
>

[sandy58[_3_]]

On Nov 17, 12:58*pm, "Thoy" > wrote:
> Recently I have received some .DOC files from a relative which I can only
> open by transferring them to my desktop and changing the access to Word. On
> the other hand my wife can just click an them and they open in Wordpad. I
> thought I had this on my PC but cannot find it.I am sure it was there when I
> had the PC! *I have Notepad, but this produces a file with all the code
> included. This makes it unusable and not suitable to print.
>
> TIA

All Programs>Accessories> both wordpad & notepad.

[Thoy]

I am afraid that Del cares not for its customers in the UK...as does
Microsoft not...
So if I cant find it on the disc they DID give me it's tuff titty!


"Bob I" > wrote in message
...
> Dell does if you ask.
>
> The security patch below should put it back.
>
> MS09-010: Description of the update for Windows WordPad Converter: April
> 14, 2009
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/923561
>
> Thoy wrote:
>
>> Nope answer is that it cant find wordpad...Seems to have just gone.......
>> :-((
>>
>> Can I reload it from my repair disc I got from Dell...Of course they did
>> not supply with an XP disc !
>>
>>
>> "Bob I" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>
>>>try Start, Run, Wordpad, enter key
>>>
>>>tell us what happens
>>>
>>>Thoy wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Recently I have received some .DOC files from a relative which I can
>>>>only open by transferring them to my desktop and changing the access to
>>>>Word. On the other hand my wife can just click an them and they open in
>>>>Wordpad. I thought I had this on my PC but cannot find it.I am sure it
>>>>was there when I had the PC! I have Notepad, but this produces a file
>>>>with all the code included. This makes it unusable and not suitable to
>>>>print.
>>>>
>>>>TIA
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>

[Thoy]

Find I have this KB file already installed :-((

"Bob I" > wrote in message
...
> Dell does if you ask.
>
> The security patch below should put it back.
>
> MS09-010: Description of the update for Windows WordPad Converter: April
> 14, 2009
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/923561
>
> Thoy wrote:
>
>> Nope answer is that it cant find wordpad...Seems to have just gone.......
>> :-((
>>
>> Can I reload it from my repair disc I got from Dell...Of course they did
>> not supply with an XP disc !
>>
>>
>> "Bob I" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>
>>>try Start, Run, Wordpad, enter key
>>>
>>>tell us what happens
>>>
>>>Thoy wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Recently I have received some .DOC files from a relative which I can
>>>>only open by transferring them to my desktop and changing the access to
>>>>Word. On the other hand my wife can just click an them and they open in
>>>>Wordpad. I thought I had this on my PC but cannot find it.I am sure it
>>>>was there when I had the PC! I have Notepad, but this produces a file
>>>>with all the code included. This makes it unusable and not suitable to
>>>>print.
>>>>
>>>>TIA
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>

[Thoy]

Found some Wordpad entiries on XP disc supplied....Couldn't run them..there
were 4 entries.
I could open them in Notebook but they were not readable..just seemed so
much gibberish..code ?
I copied them into a folder on my PC.
This appeared to be a BIG mistake...........because although I did not try
to run them I then found I could not go to my email.... Fortunately found
that OE was no longer listed as my choice of email source.......Gawd knows
how but this had been blanked out when I looked at the properties..I tried a
system reinstall point but it told me nothing had changed !

Good news was that by reinstating OE in the correct box via properties and I
was able to return to my email provider via the program.

Whew..........maybe I will just do without Wordpad !!



"Thoy" > wrote in message
...
>I am afraid that Del cares not for its customers in the UK...as does
>Microsoft not...
> So if I cant find it on the disc they DID give me it's tuff titty!
>
>
> "Bob I" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Dell does if you ask.
>>
>> The security patch below should put it back.
>>
>> MS09-010: Description of the update for Windows WordPad Converter: April
>> 14, 2009
>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/923561
>>
>> Thoy wrote:
>>
>>> Nope answer is that it cant find wordpad...Seems to have just
>>> gone.......
>>> :-((
>>>
>>> Can I reload it from my repair disc I got from Dell...Of course they did
>>> not supply with an XP disc !
>>>
>>>
>>> "Bob I" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>
>>>>try Start, Run, Wordpad, enter key
>>>>
>>>>tell us what happens
>>>>
>>>>Thoy wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Recently I have received some .DOC files from a relative which I can
>>>>>only open by transferring them to my desktop and changing the access to
>>>>>Word. On the other hand my wife can just click an them and they open in
>>>>>Wordpad. I thought I had this on my PC but cannot find it.I am sure it
>>>>>was there when I had the PC! I have Notepad, but this produces a file
>>>>>with all the code included. This makes it unusable and not suitable to
>>>>>print.
>>>>>
>>>>>TIA
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>
>

[Bob I]

Then it was removed post update? Uninstall and then reinstall the
update, Wordpad.exe is one of the files.

Thoy wrote:

> Find I have this KB file already installed :-((
>
> "Bob I" > wrote in message
> ...
>
>>Dell does if you ask.
>>
>>The security patch below should put it back.
>>
>>MS09-010: Description of the update for Windows WordPad Converter: April
>>14, 2009
>>http://support.microsoft.com/kb/923561
>>
>>Thoy wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Nope answer is that it cant find wordpad...Seems to have just gone.......
>>>:-((
>>>
>>>Can I reload it from my repair disc I got from Dell...Of course they did
>>>not supply with an XP disc !
>>>
>>>
>>>"Bob I" > wrote in message
...
>>>
>>>
>>>>try Start, Run, Wordpad, enter key
>>>>
>>>>tell us what happens
>>>>
>>>>Thoy wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Recently I have received some .DOC files from a relative which I can
>>>>>only open by transferring them to my desktop and changing the access to
>>>>>Word. On the other hand my wife can just click an them and they open in
>>>>>Wordpad. I thought I had this on my PC but cannot find it.I am sure it
>>>>>was there when I had the PC! I have Notepad, but this produces a file
>>>>>with all the code included. This makes it unusable and not suitable to
>>>>>print.
>>>>>
>>>>>TIA
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>
>

[Jose]

On Nov 18, 8:48*am, "Thoy" > wrote:
> Found some Wordpad entiries on XP disc supplied....Couldn't run them..there
> were 4 entries.
> I could open them in Notebook but they were not readable..just seemed so
> much gibberish..code ?
> I copied them into a folder on my PC.
> This appeared to be a BIG mistake...........because although I did not try
> to run them I then found I could not go to my email.... Fortunately found
> that OE was no longer listed as my choice of email source.......Gawd knows
> how but this had been blanked out when I looked at the properties..I tried a
> system reinstall point but it told me nothing had changed !
>
> Good news was that by reinstating OE in the correct box via properties and I
> was able to return to my email provider via the program.
>
> Whew..........maybe I will just do without Wordpad !!
>
> "Thoy" > wrote in message
>
> ...
>
>
>
> >I am afraid that Del cares not for its customers in the UK...as does
> >Microsoft not...
> > So if I cant find it on the disc they DID give me it's tuff titty!
>
> > "Bob I" > wrote in message
> ...
> >> Dell does if you ask.
>
> >> The security patch below should put it back.
>
> >> MS09-010: Description of the update for Windows WordPad Converter: April
> >> 14, 2009
> >>http://support.microsoft.com/kb/923561
>
> >> Thoy wrote:
>
> >>> Nope answer is that it cant find wordpad...Seems to have just
> >>> gone.......
> >>> :-((
>
> >>> Can I reload it from my repair disc I got from Dell...Of course they did
> >>> not supply with an XP disc !
>
> >>> "Bob I" > wrote in message
> ...
>
> >>>>try Start, Run, Wordpad, enter key
>
> >>>>tell us what happens
>
> >>>>Thoy wrote:
>
> >>>>>Recently I have received some .DOC files from a relative which I can
> >>>>>only open by transferring them to my desktop and changing the access to
> >>>>>Word. On the other hand my wife can just click an them and they open in
> >>>>>Wordpad. I thought I had this on my PC but cannot find it.I am sure it
> >>>>>was there when I had the PC! *I have Notepad, but this produces a file
> >>>>>with all the code included. This makes it unusable and not suitable to
> >>>>>print.
>
> >>>>>TIA

Why don't you just search your disk for wordpad.exe and see if it is
on your system or not.

It is a Windows Protected File, so even if you accidentally deleted
wordpad.exe, it should be replaced.

It sounds like you may have just deleted the shortcut from
Accessories, which is easy to add back after you can find
wordpad.exe. Locating a single file on a system should not be
difficult using the Windows search tools.

It is usually here:

C:\Program Files\Windows NT\Accessories\

If it is not there search the entire HDD for it, replace the shortcut
in Accessories.

[Roy Smith[_7_]]

Jose wrote:
> On Nov 18, 8:48 am, "Thoy" > wrote:
>> Found some Wordpad entiries on XP disc supplied....Couldn't run them..there
>> were 4 entries.
>> I could open them in Notebook but they were not readable..just seemed so
>> much gibberish..code ?
>> I copied them into a folder on my PC.
>> This appeared to be a BIG mistake...........because although I did not try
>> to run them I then found I could not go to my email.... Fortunately found
>> that OE was no longer listed as my choice of email source.......Gawd knows
>> how but this had been blanked out when I looked at the properties..I tried a
>> system reinstall point but it told me nothing had changed !
>>
>> Good news was that by reinstating OE in the correct box via properties and I
>> was able to return to my email provider via the program.
>>
>> Whew..........maybe I will just do without Wordpad !!
>>
>> "Thoy" > wrote in message
>>
>> ...
>>
>>
>>
>>> I am afraid that Del cares not for its customers in the UK...as does
>>> Microsoft not...
>>> So if I cant find it on the disc they DID give me it's tuff titty!
>>> "Bob I" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>> Dell does if you ask.
>>>> The security patch below should put it back.
>>>> MS09-010: Description of the update for Windows WordPad Converter: April
>>>> 14, 2009
>>>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/923561
>>>> Thoy wrote:
>>>>> Nope answer is that it cant find wordpad...Seems to have just
>>>>> gone.......
>>>>> :-((
>>>>> Can I reload it from my repair disc I got from Dell...Of course they did
>>>>> not supply with an XP disc !
>>>>> "Bob I" > wrote in message
>>>>> ...
>>>>>> try Start, Run, Wordpad, enter key
>>>>>> tell us what happens
>>>>>> Thoy wrote:
>>>>>>> Recently I have received some .DOC files from a relative which I can
>>>>>>> only open by transferring them to my desktop and changing the access to
>>>>>>> Word. On the other hand my wife can just click an them and they open in
>>>>>>> Wordpad. I thought I had this on my PC but cannot find it.I am sure it
>>>>>>> was there when I had the PC! I have Notepad, but this produces a file
>>>>>>> with all the code included. This makes it unusable and not suitable to
>>>>>>> print.
>>>>>>> TIA
>
> Why don't you just search your disk for wordpad.exe and see if it is
> on your system or not.
>
> It is a Windows Protected File, so even if you accidentally deleted
> wordpad.exe, it should be replaced.
>
> It sounds like you may have just deleted the shortcut from
> Accessories, which is easy to add back after you can find
> wordpad.exe. Locating a single file on a system should not be
> difficult using the Windows search tools.
>
> It is usually here:
>
> C:\Program Files\Windows NT\Accessories\
>
> If it is not there search the entire HDD for it, replace the shortcut
> in Accessories.

Well if Wordpad is a Windows protected file, would running 'SFC
/scannow' in a command window fix this problem?

--

Roy Smith
Windows XP Pro SP3

[Gordon]

"Roy Smith" > wrote in message
...
>
> Well if Wordpad is a Windows protected file, would running 'SFC
> /scannow' in a command window fix this problem?

Should do I would have thought...

[Jose]

On Nov 18, 9:55*am, Roy Smith > wrote:
> Jose wrote:
> > On Nov 18, 8:48 am, "Thoy" > wrote:
> >> Found some Wordpad entiries on XP disc supplied....Couldn't run them..there
> >> were 4 entries.
> >> I could open them in Notebook but they were not readable..just seemed so
> >> much gibberish..code ?
> >> I copied them into a folder on my PC.
> >> This appeared to be a BIG mistake...........because although I did not try
> >> to run them I then found I could not go to my email.... Fortunately found
> >> that OE was no longer listed as my choice of email source.......Gawd knows
> >> how but this had been blanked out when I looked at the properties..I tried a
> >> system reinstall point but it told me nothing had changed !
>
> >> Good news was that by reinstating OE in the correct box via properties and I
> >> was able to return to my email provider via the program.
>
> >> Whew..........maybe I will just do without Wordpad !!
>
> >> "Thoy" > wrote in message
>
> ...
>
> >>> I am afraid that Del cares not for its customers in the UK...as does
> >>> Microsoft not...
> >>> So if I cant find it on the disc they DID give me it's tuff titty!
> >>> "Bob I" > wrote in message
> ...
> >>>> Dell does if you ask.
> >>>> The security patch below should put it back.
> >>>> MS09-010: Description of the update for Windows WordPad Converter: April
> >>>> 14, 2009
> >>>>http://support.microsoft.com/kb/923561
> >>>> Thoy wrote:
> >>>>> Nope answer is that it cant find wordpad...Seems to have just
> >>>>> gone.......
> >>>>> :-((
> >>>>> Can I reload it from my repair disc I got from Dell...Of course they did
> >>>>> not supply with an XP disc !
> >>>>> "Bob I" > wrote in message
> ...
> >>>>>> try Start, Run, Wordpad, enter key
> >>>>>> tell us what happens
> >>>>>> Thoy wrote:
> >>>>>>> Recently I have received some .DOC files from a relative which I can
> >>>>>>> only open by transferring them to my desktop and changing the access to
> >>>>>>> Word. On the other hand my wife can just click an them and they open in
> >>>>>>> Wordpad. I thought I had this on my PC but cannot find it.I am sure it
> >>>>>>> was there when I had the PC! *I have Notepad, but this produces a file
> >>>>>>> with all the code included. This makes it unusable and not suitable to
> >>>>>>> print.
> >>>>>>> TIA
>
> > Why don't you just search your disk for wordpad.exe and see if it is
> > on your system or not.
>
> > It is a Windows Protected File, so even if you accidentally deleted
> > wordpad.exe, it should be replaced.
>
> > It sounds like you may have just deleted the shortcut from
> > Accessories, which is easy to add back after you can find
> > wordpad.exe. *Locating a single file on a system should not be
> > difficult using the Windows search tools.
>
> > It is usually here:
>
> > C:\Program Files\Windows NT\Accessories\
>
> > If it is not there search the entire HDD for it, replace the shortcut
> > in Accessories.
>
> Well if Wordpad is a Windows protected file, would running 'SFC
> /scannow' in a command window fix this problem?
>
> --
>
> Roy Smith
> Windows XP Pro SP3

If wordpad.exe is deleted and not replaced, WFP is broken.

When WFP is working properly and using wordpad.exe as an example of a
protected file that somehow gets deleted, I deleted wordpad.exe and
WFP quickly and silently replaced it with this event in the Event Log:

Event Type: Information
Event Source: Windows File Protection
Event Category: None
Event ID: 64002
Description:
File replacement was attempted on the protected system file c:\program
files\windows nt\accessories\wordpad.exe. This file was restored to
the original version to maintain system stability. The file version of
the system file is 5.1.2600.5584.

I don't count on sfc /scannow and never even suggest it, but it is
often a first suggestion as a shot in the dark when some problem is
not understood. If WFP is working properly, sfc /scannow should find
nothing to do. If it does, something else is wrong. I personally
have never used it to fix any problem and will never even suggest it.

When sfc /scannow is suggested, the next message will invariably be -
it asks me for a CD and I don't have one, it didn't do anything or I
still have the same problem.

After that will come "Try running sfc /scannow in Safe Mode", but sfc /
scannow will not run in Safe Mode.

It is a good time consumer though.

[Thoy]

I don't know quite how..but I did find some wordpad programs and created a
shortcut for the desk top........
AND BINGO it now works.........I now have to wait until my neice sends me a
dot DOC file to see if it automatically finds it to open the DOC !!


"Jose" > wrote in message
...
On Nov 18, 8:48 am, "Thoy" > wrote:
> Found some Wordpad entiries on XP disc supplied....Couldn't run
> them..there
> were 4 entries.
> I could open them in Notebook but they were not readable..just seemed so
> much gibberish..code ?
> I copied them into a folder on my PC.
> This appeared to be a BIG mistake...........because although I did not try
> to run them I then found I could not go to my email.... Fortunately found
> that OE was no longer listed as my choice of email source.......Gawd knows
> how but this had been blanked out when I looked at the properties..I tried
> a
> system reinstall point but it told me nothing had changed !
>
> Good news was that by reinstating OE in the correct box via properties and
> I
> was able to return to my email provider via the program.
>
> Whew..........maybe I will just do without Wordpad !!
>
> "Thoy" > wrote in message
>
> ...
>
>
>
> >I am afraid that Del cares not for its customers in the UK...as does
> >Microsoft not...
> > So if I cant find it on the disc they DID give me it's tuff titty!
>
> > "Bob I" > wrote in message
> ...
> >> Dell does if you ask.
>
> >> The security patch below should put it back.
>
> >> MS09-010: Description of the update for Windows WordPad Converter:
> >> April
> >> 14, 2009
> >>http://support.microsoft.com/kb/923561
>
> >> Thoy wrote:
>
> >>> Nope answer is that it cant find wordpad...Seems to have just
> >>> gone.......
> >>> :-((
>
> >>> Can I reload it from my repair disc I got from Dell...Of course they
> >>> did
> >>> not supply with an XP disc !
>
> >>> "Bob I" > wrote in message
> ...
>
> >>>>try Start, Run, Wordpad, enter key
>
> >>>>tell us what happens
>
> >>>>Thoy wrote:
>
> >>>>>Recently I have received some .DOC files from a relative which I can
> >>>>>only open by transferring them to my desktop and changing the access
> >>>>>to
> >>>>>Word. On the other hand my wife can just click an them and they open
> >>>>>in
> >>>>>Wordpad. I thought I had this on my PC but cannot find it.I am sure
> >>>>>it
> >>>>>was there when I had the PC! I have Notepad, but this produces a file
> >>>>>with all the code included. This makes it unusable and not suitable
> >>>>>to
> >>>>>print.
>
> >>>>>TIA

Why don't you just search your disk for wordpad.exe and see if it is
on your system or not.

It is a Windows Protected File, so even if you accidentally deleted
wordpad.exe, it should be replaced.

It sounds like you may have just deleted the shortcut from
Accessories, which is easy to add back after you can find
wordpad.exe. Locating a single file on a system should not be
difficult using the Windows search tools.

It is usually here:

C:\Program Files\Windows NT\Accessories\

If it is not there search the entire HDD for it, replace the shortcut
in Accessories.

[Jose]

On Nov 18, 10:48*am, "Thoy" > wrote:
> I don't know quite how..but I did find some wordpad programs and created a
> shortcut for the desk top........
> AND BINGO *it now works.........I now have to wait until my neice sends me a
> dot DOC file to see if it automatically finds it to open the DOC *!!
>
> "Jose" > wrote in message
>
> ...
> On Nov 18, 8:48 am, "Thoy" > wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > Found some Wordpad entiries on XP disc supplied....Couldn't run
> > them..there
> > were 4 entries.
> > I could open them in Notebook but they were not readable..just seemed so
> > much gibberish..code ?
> > I copied them into a folder on my PC.
> > This appeared to be a BIG mistake...........because although I did not try
> > to run them I then found I could not go to my email.... Fortunately found
> > that OE was no longer listed as my choice of email source.......Gawd knows
> > how but this had been blanked out when I looked at the properties..I tried
> > a
> > system reinstall point but it told me nothing had changed !
>
> > Good news was that by reinstating OE in the correct box via properties and
> > I
> > was able to return to my email provider via the program.
>
> > Whew..........maybe I will just do without Wordpad !!
>
> > "Thoy" > wrote in message
>
> ...
>
> > >I am afraid that Del cares not for its customers in the UK...as does
> > >Microsoft not...
> > > So if I cant find it on the disc they DID give me it's tuff titty!
>
> > > "Bob I" > wrote in message
> > ...
> > >> Dell does if you ask.
>
> > >> The security patch below should put it back.
>
> > >> MS09-010: Description of the update for Windows WordPad Converter:
> > >> April
> > >> 14, 2009
> > >>http://support.microsoft.com/kb/923561
>
> > >> Thoy wrote:
>
> > >>> Nope answer is that it cant find wordpad...Seems to have just
> > >>> gone.......
> > >>> :-((
>
> > >>> Can I reload it from my repair disc I got from Dell...Of course they
> > >>> did
> > >>> not supply with an XP disc !
>
> > >>> "Bob I" > wrote in message
> > ...
>
> > >>>>try Start, Run, Wordpad, enter key
>
> > >>>>tell us what happens
>
> > >>>>Thoy wrote:
>
> > >>>>>Recently I have received some .DOC files from a relative which I can
> > >>>>>only open by transferring them to my desktop and changing the access
> > >>>>>to
> > >>>>>Word. On the other hand my wife can just click an them and they open
> > >>>>>in
> > >>>>>Wordpad. I thought I had this on my PC but cannot find it.I am sure
> > >>>>>it
> > >>>>>was there when I had the PC! I have Notepad, but this produces a file
> > >>>>>with all the code included. This makes it unusable and not suitable
> > >>>>>to
> > >>>>>print.
>
> > >>>>>TIA
>
> Why don't you just search your disk for wordpad.exe and see if it is
> on your system or not.
>
> It is a Windows Protected File, so even if you accidentally deleted
> wordpad.exe, it should be replaced.
>
> It sounds like you may have just deleted the shortcut from
> Accessories, which is easy to add back after you can find
> wordpad.exe. *Locating a single file on a system should not be
> difficult using the Windows search tools.
>
> It is usually here:
>
> C:\Program Files\Windows NT\Accessories\
>
> If it is not there search the entire HDD for it, replace the shortcut
> in Accessories.

That's nice.

To get it working "right", click Start, Run and in the box enter:

C:\Program Files\Windows NT\Accessories\

click OK and that should open the folder where wordpad.exe is.

Right click wordpad.exe, Send To, Desktop which will create a shortcut
on your desktop.

If you already have a working desktop shortcut, you can just use it.

Right click the working desktop shortcut to wordpad.exe and rename it
to:

WordPad

Left click the desktop WordPad and hold the mouse button down and
while still holding the left mouse button down, drag the WordPad on
top of the Start button (don't let go of the mouse button), then drag
it to Programs (don't let go of the mouse button) then drag it to
Accessories and release the left mouse button (do let go of the mouse
button) to drop the WordPad where it belongs.

Be sure to keep holding the left mouse button down until you are ready
to drop it into Accessories where it belongs.

When you are done, you can delete the desktop WordPad shortcut (or
leave it if you like it).

If you make a mistake, clean up any accidents and try again.

[Thoy]

Thanx to all who replied to my post......

I find I do indeed have wordpad and the KB loaded that reinstalled/updated
it.

I find my REAL problem now is that when I click on the "open with" section
via properties Wordpad does not appear as an option ! Cannot see where this
list of programs is generated so that I can add Wordpad.
I have solved the problem of dot DOC files by simply opening them all in
Word :-))


"Thoy" > wrote in message
...
> Recently I have received some .DOC files from a relative which I can only
> open by transferring them to my desktop and changing the access to Word.
> On the other hand my wife can just click an them and they open in Wordpad.
> I thought I had this on my PC but cannot find it.I am sure it was there
> when I had the PC! I have Notepad, but this produces a file with all the
> code included. This makes it unusable and not suitable to print.
>
> TIA
>
>

[Ken Blake, MVP]

On Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:04:37 -0000, "Thoy" >
wrote:

> Thanx to all who replied to my post......
>
> I find I do indeed have wordpad and the KB loaded that reinstalled/updated
> it.
>
> I find my REAL problem now is that when I click on the "open with" section
> via properties Wordpad does not appear as an option !


A program doesn't have be listed as an option to be chosen. You can
choose any program (.exe file) by clicking Browse and browsing to it.


> Cannot see where this
> list of programs is generated so that I can add Wordpad.
> I have solved the problem of dot DOC files by simply opening them all in
> Word :-))
>
>
> "Thoy" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Recently I have received some .DOC files from a relative which I can only
> > open by transferring them to my desktop and changing the access to Word.
> > On the other hand my wife can just click an them and they open in Wordpad.
> > I thought I had this on my PC but cannot find it.I am sure it was there
> > when I had the PC! I have Notepad, but this produces a file with all the
> > code included. This makes it unusable and not suitable to print.
> >
> > TIA
> >
> >
>

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[Paul Randall]

"Ken Blake, MVP" > wrote in message
...
> On Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:04:37 -0000, "Thoy" >
> wrote:
>
>> Thanx to all who replied to my post......
>>
>> I find I do indeed have wordpad and the KB loaded that
>> reinstalled/updated
>> it.
>>
>> I find my REAL problem now is that when I click on the "open with"
>> section
>> via properties Wordpad does not appear as an option !
>
>
> A program doesn't have be listed as an option to be chosen. You can
> choose any program (.exe file) by clicking Browse and browsing to it.

True, but 'open with' doesn't work the same with all extensions.

On my system (WXP SP2), for example, for a .txt file, "open with" it extends
the context window with two suggestions above the line (Notepad and Wordpad)
and one below the line (Choose Program ...). For a .doc file, it closes
the context window and opens an 'Open With' window.

I think the OP wants the context window to be extended with one or more
suggestions plus the 'choose program ...' suggestion.

How can that be done?

-Paul Randall

[boatman312]

Ken Blake, MVP wrote:
> On Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:04:37 -0000, "Thoy" >
> wrote:
>
>> Thanx to all who replied to my post......
>>
>> I find I do indeed have wordpad and the KB loaded that reinstalled/updated
>> it.
>>
>> I find my REAL problem now is that when I click on the "open with" section
>> via properties Wordpad does not appear as an option !
>
Google "customize right click menu" to find methods to change what is
listed. There are also programs that avoid editing the register.

[Ken Blake, MVP]

On Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:16:38 -0500, boatman312 >
wrote:

> Ken Blake, MVP wrote:
> > On Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:04:37 -0000, "Thoy" >
> > wrote:
> >
> >> Thanx to all who replied to my post......
> >>
> >> I find I do indeed have wordpad and the KB loaded that reinstalled/updated
> >> it.
> >>
> >> I find my REAL problem now is that when I click on the "open with" section
> >> via properties Wordpad does not appear as an option !
> >
> Google "customize right click menu" to find methods to change what is
> listed. There are also programs that avoid editing the register.


I'm not Thoy, the person with the problem; I replied to him. Please be
careful to reply to the correct person.

And note that changing what's on the right-click menu is not what he
asked about. He asked about what he sees after clicking "Open with."



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[Thoy]

"Ken Blake, MVP" > wrote in message
...
> On Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:04:37 -0000, "Thoy" >
> wrote:
>
>> Thanx to all who replied to my post......
>>
>> I find I do indeed have wordpad and the KB loaded that
>> reinstalled/updated
>> it.
>>
>> I find my REAL problem now is that when I click on the "open with"
>> section
>> via properties Wordpad does not appear as an option !
>
>


> A program doesn't have be listed as an option to be chosen. You can
> choose any program (.exe file) by clicking Browse and browsing to it.
>

Ah yes but the problem is that Wordpad doesn't appear in the list when I
chose browse :-))
Although I am sure it is ther ans I can open it if I want..even put a
shortcut on Desktop.


>
>> Cannot see where this
>> list of programs is generated so that I can add Wordpad.
>> I have solved the problem of dot DOC files by simply opening them all in
>> Word :-))
>>
>>
>> "Thoy" > wrote in message
>> ...
>> > Recently I have received some .DOC files from a relative which I can
>> > only
>> > open by transferring them to my desktop and changing the access to
>> > Word.
>> > On the other hand my wife can just click an them and they open in
>> > Wordpad.
>> > I thought I had this on my PC but cannot find it.I am sure it was there
>> > when I had the PC! I have Notepad, but this produces a file with all
>> > the
>> > code included. This makes it unusable and not suitable to print.
>> >
>> > TIA
>> >
>> >
>>
>
> --
> Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003
> Please Reply to the Newsgroup

[Ken Blake, MVP]

On Sun, 22 Nov 2009 11:29:02 -0000, "Thoy" >
wrote:

>
> "Ken Blake, MVP" > wrote in message
> ...
> > On Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:04:37 -0000, "Thoy" >
> > wrote:
> >
> >> Thanx to all who replied to my post......
> >>
> >> I find I do indeed have wordpad and the KB loaded that
> >> reinstalled/updated
> >> it.
> >>
> >> I find my REAL problem now is that when I click on the "open with"
> >> section
> >> via properties Wordpad does not appear as an option !
> >
> >
>
>
> > A program doesn't have be listed as an option to be chosen. You can
> > choose any program (.exe file) by clicking Browse and browsing to it.
> >
>
> Ah yes but the problem is that Wordpad doesn't appear in the list when I
> chose browse :-))


As you point out in the sentence quoted below, it *is* there. But you
have to browse to the folder that contains it. That's what "browse"
means. You change folders in the browse window to get to the folder
that contains the program you are looking for--in this case, Wordpad.

You should find it in \Program Files\Windows NT\Accessories


> Although I am sure it is ther ans I can open it if I want..even put a
> shortcut on Desktop.
>
>
> >
> >> Cannot see where this
> >> list of programs is generated so that I can add Wordpad.
> >> I have solved the problem of dot DOC files by simply opening them all in
> >> Word :-))
> >>
> >>
> >> "Thoy" > wrote in message
> >> ...
> >> > Recently I have received some .DOC files from a relative which I can
> >> > only
> >> > open by transferring them to my desktop and changing the access to
> >> > Word.
> >> > On the other hand my wife can just click an them and they open in
> >> > Wordpad.
> >> > I thought I had this on my PC but cannot find it.I am sure it was there
> >> > when I had the PC! I have Notepad, but this produces a file with all
> >> > the
> >> > code included. This makes it unusable and not suitable to print.
> >> >
> >> > TIA
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >
> > --
> > Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003
> > Please Reply to the Newsgroup
>

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