notepad opens scrambled

Question

notepad opens scrambled

Answer 1

Hi,

You are opening a file that is in binary with NotePad. Check your Shortcut - Right Click it - Properties

• Shortcut tab - Target line and make sure nothing is after the notepad.exe .

If you click on a file type and it opens in notepad then you need to un-associate that file type with

notepad.

Restore Default Vista File Extension Type Associations

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/233243-default-file-type-associations-restore.html

How to Unassociate a File Extension Type in Vista and a utility to help

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/91920-unassociate-file-extention-type.html

How to Set Default Associations For a Program in Vista

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/83196-default-programs-program-default-associations.html

How to Associate a File Extension Type With a Program in Vistahttp://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/69758-default-programs.html

How to Show and Change a File Name Extension in Vista

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/103171-file-name-extension.html

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When you double-click an .EXE file, the program may not launch, instead it may open in Notepad

(displaying the .exe contents), or may launch in any other application.

http://windowsxp.mvps.org/exeasso.htm

Restore the .exe file association in Windows Vista, after incorrectly associating it with another application

http://www.winhelponline.com/articles/165/1/Restore-the-exe-file-association-in-Windows-Vista-after-incorrectly-associating-it-with-another-application.html

Hope this helps.

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Rob - Bicycle - Mark Twain said it right.

Answer 2

I'm not on Vista. I just want to be able to read the attachment that opens in Notepad. I don't have the right click option to open with another program.