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help.. notepad and error screens when booting
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Possibilities for Notepad opening:
. You might have put a desktop.ini file in your Startup folder.
Click Start button, click Run, type: msconfig
Then click the OK button. When the System Configuration Utility opens, click the Startup tab. Then look through the list of Startup items and see if there's a desktop.ini file. If there is, click to remove the check mark to the left of it, then click the Apply and OK buttons, then reboot. On the first reboot, you'll get a dialog box saying that you've selected a Selective Startup, click the option NOT to show that dialog box again.
. If no joy, double click the My Computer desktop icon, click the Tools menu, click Folder Options. When the Folder Options dialog box opens scroll down to:
Restore Previous Folder Windows At Logon
Click to remove the checkmark to the left of that item. Then click the Apply and OK buttons at the bottom of the dialog box. Then reboot.
. If still no joy, does Notepad itself open with no file, or does, a file open in Notepad? If a file opens in Notepad, take note of the file name, then Click your Start button, click Run, type: regedit
When the Registry Editor opens look in the left
pane for the keys:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Select each of those keys, one at a time, by clicking on it, , and then look in the right pane and see if there's a string with any reference to the file that's opening in Notepad. If there is, right click THAT string with THAT
file name (not the KEY in the left panel), and then left click Delete. Then close the Registry Editor and reboot.
As always, before editing the Registry, click your Start
button/Programs/Accessories/System Tools/System Restore, and create a Restore Point, in case you make a mistake editing the Registry, and want to quickly revert back to a copy of the Registry just prior to your editing it.
For any other error messages you will have to write them down and post them back here.
Source: various newsgroup posts
. You might have put a desktop.ini file in your Startup folder.
Click Start button, click Run, type: msconfig
Then click the OK button. When the System Configuration Utility opens, click the Startup tab. Then look through the list of Startup items and see if there's a desktop.ini file. If there is, click to remove the check mark to the left of it, then click the Apply and OK buttons, then reboot. On the first reboot, you'll get a dialog box saying that you've selected a Selective Startup, click the option NOT to show that dialog box again.
. If no joy, double click the My Computer desktop icon, click the Tools menu, click Folder Options. When the Folder Options dialog box opens scroll down to:
Restore Previous Folder Windows At Logon
Click to remove the checkmark to the left of that item. Then click the Apply and OK buttons at the bottom of the dialog box. Then reboot.
. If still no joy, does Notepad itself open with no file, or does, a file open in Notepad? If a file opens in Notepad, take note of the file name, then Click your Start button, click Run, type: regedit
When the Registry Editor opens look in the left
pane for the keys:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Select each of those keys, one at a time, by clicking on it, , and then look in the right pane and see if there's a string with any reference to the file that's opening in Notepad. If there is, right click THAT string with THAT
file name (not the KEY in the left panel), and then left click Delete. Then close the Registry Editor and reboot.
As always, before editing the Registry, click your Start
button/Programs/Accessories/System Tools/System Restore, and create a Restore Point, in case you make a mistake editing the Registry, and want to quickly revert back to a copy of the Registry just prior to your editing it.
For any other error messages you will have to write them down and post them back here.
Source: various newsgroup posts
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