Nick Burns
February 8th 04, 03:21 PM
You might have to install wordpad from you xp disk. Control panel>add and
remove programs> and on the left is a button middle ways down, like "add
windows components", their you go.
"ColinB" > wrote in message
...
> ===============================
> Have used Wordpad for years with '98' & 'ME'
> but find (and must say 'to my astonishment) it is
> not included as an option in the 'New' menu of
> the "XP - Home edition" now on my computer.
>
> [] Notepad option is still there (way too limited)..
> [] MS Word is also there (so 'overkill' that I can't
> figure out how to use it to save myself - always
> end up messing up.. aarrgghhh)..
> [] Wordpad (now there's the ideal - just right )
> ...but good ol Wordpad is missing. Damn shame.
>
> Does anyone know how and where to access the
> 'New' menu to add a copy of the Wordpad.exe or
> whatever it is you do to get Wordpad as an option?
>
> I've looked for days in the system folders until I'm
> dizzy and can't seem to find any reference to the
> 'New' menu as a folder anywhere -- nor is there
> any reference to the 'New' menu in the Help files.
>
> Tonight I have tried to find FAQ answers to resolve
> this simple [?] problem but it doesn't seem to have
> been asked/answered before now. Not anywhere
> that I can find anyway. Nothing even in Tips.. etc.
>
> Just in case you're wondering.....
> I'm using the Wordpad link in Accessories but the
> problem is that.. once it's saved.. the only way to
> access the file is to endure MS Word butting in
> and loading up to display the Wordpad file.
>
> Rude really.. the way MS Word takes over (all the
> Wordpad files I've made in XP) like that. It even
> slaps a MS Word icon on the file when you save it.
> How does MS explain that.? Hmmm.. I wonder if
> MS would like it if every time they made a new
> file and saved it.. that somehow it got a Unix icon
> slapped on it and the only way they could open it
> would be to endure Unix cranking it open.?
>
> Seriously though.. I miss my Wordpad..
> 'KISSystem of life' for my note taking.
>
> Can anyone help with this please? Would really
> appreciate to get back to the simple life I once
> knew with taking down notes etc with ease.
>
> Thank you..
>
> ColinB
> ===============================
> []
>
remove programs> and on the left is a button middle ways down, like "add
windows components", their you go.
"ColinB" > wrote in message
...
> ===============================
> Have used Wordpad for years with '98' & 'ME'
> but find (and must say 'to my astonishment) it is
> not included as an option in the 'New' menu of
> the "XP - Home edition" now on my computer.
>
> [] Notepad option is still there (way too limited)..
> [] MS Word is also there (so 'overkill' that I can't
> figure out how to use it to save myself - always
> end up messing up.. aarrgghhh)..
> [] Wordpad (now there's the ideal - just right )
> ...but good ol Wordpad is missing. Damn shame.
>
> Does anyone know how and where to access the
> 'New' menu to add a copy of the Wordpad.exe or
> whatever it is you do to get Wordpad as an option?
>
> I've looked for days in the system folders until I'm
> dizzy and can't seem to find any reference to the
> 'New' menu as a folder anywhere -- nor is there
> any reference to the 'New' menu in the Help files.
>
> Tonight I have tried to find FAQ answers to resolve
> this simple [?] problem but it doesn't seem to have
> been asked/answered before now. Not anywhere
> that I can find anyway. Nothing even in Tips.. etc.
>
> Just in case you're wondering.....
> I'm using the Wordpad link in Accessories but the
> problem is that.. once it's saved.. the only way to
> access the file is to endure MS Word butting in
> and loading up to display the Wordpad file.
>
> Rude really.. the way MS Word takes over (all the
> Wordpad files I've made in XP) like that. It even
> slaps a MS Word icon on the file when you save it.
> How does MS explain that.? Hmmm.. I wonder if
> MS would like it if every time they made a new
> file and saved it.. that somehow it got a Unix icon
> slapped on it and the only way they could open it
> would be to endure Unix cranking it open.?
>
> Seriously though.. I miss my Wordpad..
> 'KISSystem of life' for my note taking.
>
> Can anyone help with this please? Would really
> appreciate to get back to the simple life I once
> knew with taking down notes etc with ease.
>
> Thank you..
>
> ColinB
> ===============================
> []
>