notepad dillema

[Generic Superhero]

whenever I open a notepad file windows shows a warning message...
"Windows cannot find 'D\Documents and Settings\Nipon\My documents\gymnasium list.txt'. Make sure you typed the file name correctly, and then try again. To search for a file, click the Start button, and then click Search."
but the file opens all right.

this is rly irritating. how can this be fixed?

[Choto Cheeta]

ooppss might b an adware.... see here... well get a good AVS.... & good antispyware.... scan ur system with system restore turnd off...

[Generic Superhero]

I already use Zone Alarm Pro (wid anti-spyware turned on)+ Avast Pro+ Spybot S&D
Anyway, i ll try with system restore turned off.

[Generic Superhero]

I scanned my system both by zone alarm & spybot s&d with system restore turned off. But the prob persists.

[KnightRider]

i think u have installed some kinds software which u were not supposed to.. i had faced the same problem long back in 2000. when ever i used to open, a notepad used to open named a program. that was stored in c:. when i used to delete it. it used to say "cannot find program.txt". i had my back up registry in windows 98. andi got rid of that with the old back up registry.

[Choto Cheeta]

@Generic Superhero its personal thing to trust ZAP... but by ratting ZAP AVS is not the srtongest one though... but we can proced by thinking ur system is virus free...

so now just Go To RUN then enter SFC /SCANNOW to see ur all the system files r intact....

also u might take a look at this link here...

& also do u have the SP2 install??

[Vishal Gupta]

Try one thing!
First open Notepad, then open any text file in it.
And tell here whether the ERROR still occurs or not?
May be some s/w has set the gymnasium list.txt to open text files?
Thats why whenever u try to open any text file directly, it shows ERROR.

[siriusb]

Or, alternatively, u can go to "Explorer->tools->folder options->file types tab->text files" and see if this file is included in the open command.

[geekysage]

I second siriusb's suggestion.

[Generic Superhero]

@ saurav: i use ZAP as a firewall(with in built antispyware) and avast as a avs. and i don hav sp2. anyway, i did as u suggested...and windows says some dll files need to be copied to the cache and asks for the xp setup cd. Is this why the prob is occuring? but the prob started only few days ago.
@Vishal Gupta: yap when i open a file from notepad (file>open) it opens all right


whatever...i ll try with repairing windows with the setup cd.

[expertno.1]

go to what siriusb said

or repair windows...the last method

[Generic Superhero]

I did what siriusb said. the file is included in open command. so only one way, to repair windows. till then, bye.

[siriusb]

Dood, if it is ion the command, then edit it out! Don't reinstall yet!

[Vishal Gupta]

Simply change the command to open text files to notepad.exe "%1".
It should solve ur problem...

[vignesh]

What is the %1 for ?

[siriusb]

%1 is the first argument which is almost always the input text file name.

[Choto Cheeta]

how bout getting that SP2 install??

[Generic Superhero]

Originally Posted by Vishal Gupta

Simply change the command to open text files to notepad.exe "%1".
It should solve ur problem...

From where to do that?
I upgraded to SP2 and also tried to repair windows but no results.

[Vishal Gupta]

Goto: Tools -> Folder Options, then goto: File Types tab, here search for text files, like txt, and click on Edit or Advanced button, and change the open command to notepad.exe "%1".
Thats it...

[shivaranjan.b]

@saurav_cheeta

Yaar in which digit dvd/cd is sp2(latest Release) available?
I think i have asked this question earlier in another thread.