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Notepad missing in Windows 10 v2004

Anonymous
2020-06-12T19:39:19+00:00

Hi, today I wanted to use the notepad for a task and found that it is missing from my computer.

Steps did so far:

1) opened the file explorer and entered "C:\Windows\System32\Notepad"

2) opened win+R and entered Notepad.

The following error message pops up.

any help is appreciated. Thanks!

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  1. Anonymous
    2020-06-17T10:35:22+00:00

    I had the same problem. I found out that Notepad became an optional feature in v2004. You can install it by using Settings>Apps&Features>Optional Features>Add a Feature.

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  1. Anonymous
    2020-06-12T20:37:02+00:00

    What happens when you type this instead:

    C:\Windows\notepad.exe

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  2. Anonymous
    2020-06-12T20:48:48+00:00

    Same error pops up

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  3. Anonymous
    2020-06-12T20:51:50+00:00

    Hi, I'm David an independent advisor and user just like you. I'll do my best to help you with this.

    I think you might need to add .exe on to the end of your otherwise correct path, ie "C:\Windows\System32\Notepad.exe"

    Also - browse to that folder and make sure you can actually find notepad.exe, it's definitely still included in v2004.

    If it's missing you could trying running "SFC /SCANNOW" from an administrator command prompt to check your system files are in order.

    Regards,

    David

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  4. Anonymous
    2020-06-12T21:04:40+00:00

    Thank you for your reply. DISM is messed up in version 2004 and it doesn't help. adding .exe to the path doesn't open notepad. Planning of a clean install now. It may be a virus that removed some programs.

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