Weird error When trying to use notepad...

Whenever I try to open a file with notepad by double clicking on it ' I I get a Windows cannot find error with the correct pathname to the file yet the file does actually open anyway. I ussuaally just close the error message and can do everything to the open file I want to ussually. So this isn't too big a deal but... It has gotten pretty annoying!!! Can anyone offer any assistance that might help me to eliminate this annoying glich? Thanks Matt

 

run checkdisk as stated in your other thread, and run it until there are no errors, that means at least twice:

http://forums.whatthetech.com/index.php?showtopic=102348

above is link to different ways to run checkdisk

 

Tried Chkdsk

I tried running the ChkDsk It says that it is Clean but the error continues.....ummmm.... What now?

 

okay, that means that it is not checkdisk related, please give me the exact error, no paraphrasing, thanks.

 

Okay, her is an example of the error message:
Windows cannot find ' C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Desktop\OTL.txt Make sure you typed the name correctly, and then try again. To search for a file , click the start button, and then click search.


I get this error every time I click on a .txt file to open it in notepad. I have ussually done this from the desktop. The file does actually open so it is finding the file even though the error message says it is not. When I open notepad first and select a file to open from the open menu I do not get the error. Also, I went to file type associations to check if they were set properly for .txt's in notepad and they were set right as far as I could tell but just to be on the safe side I reset them again. That didn't solve the problem, I still get the error. Hope this is the information that you need, Thanks for trying to help. Looking forward to hearing your suggestions. Matt

 

read THIS tutorial on windows all in one repair

download:

http://www.tweaking.com/content/page/windows_repair_all_in_one.html


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for the .exe prob:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/837334

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let me know what they find after running your OTL log at your other thread