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Hello all, I'm currently running Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit with all the updates, etc. My issue is that when I turn on my computer, when I get to my desktop, if I use my keyboard to, say, delete an icon, explorer freezes up. If I go into notepad and try to type, it freezes up. If I go into...

Hi, i am tried to creat schtasks in windows 7 but the task is not popup at scheduled task time. command is: schtasks /create /tn prabhu /tr notepad.exe /sc once /sd 5/2/2011 /st 10:00:00 /ru prabhukumara /rp prabhu can anyone please help me, how to create schtasks in windows 7. the above...

During an automatic update from Microsoft last night the battery fell out of my daughters laptop. This morning, nothing will open. Have tried safe mode but even that won't open windows. After a lot of digging it says on the recovery management that there is a bad patch which presumably if the...

I didn't find a hosts file in the SysWOW64 folder, but I did find one in the "usual" place windows\system32\drivers\etc and I see it's NOT set to read-only. But when I try to edit it with notepad and save as "all files" rather than .txt (to avoid notepad giving it a .txt extension) it fails to...

I am trying to make it so if you right click on an XML document and click EDIT that NOTEPAD is not the program that opens but a differently installed program. I have figured out how to change how EDIT responds on TXT files, but can't figure it out with XML files. I have also considered that the...

After trying to make a backup to external drive I get this "Backup skipped backing upE:\ as it is on the backup target." I thought that I only am backing up C drive and system image. This message is stated 3x in notepad as I viewed which files were probamatic. How do I fix this?

Today, and maybe yesterday, on this forum I have been getting a popup Notepad window about some type of error. I was thinking it was one of the advertisements on the pages that trigger it. I have posted the pictures below. Anyone have any guesses? I have not tried changing any of the popup...

Hello. I have a very similar problem to the one posted at the end of this post: Odd problem with US International keyboard layout - Tech Support Forum For me, these characters are working fine and as expected: "'`~ ... but I'm having issues with ^^. It doesn't give me the chance to make...

I got a folder with loads of files. I need to see which have been saved as utf-8. So fat the only way is to open each file in notepad, do 'save as' and then check if the set encoding is utf-8 (next to the buttons). This is a realy pain. In explorer I right-mouse-clicked in the column header...

I'm Running Windows 7(64bit) Each time I boot into Windows 7 Prem (64) a open window apears requesting my username at the top of the open window to specify a a program to open it? I've clicked on note pad and I get the following information that apears, each time though it requests, or looks...

Waterproof Notepad Helps You Record Ideas in the Shower Some people do their best scrubbing in the shower; others do their best thinking. Just ask Mark Knudsen, a Michigan-based, self-professed "shower thinker" with a penchant for coming up with great ideas while showering. A couple...

Hello, Is there an easy way to make Notepad my default editor? Some how Wordpad is default. I read where I could go into the registry and change it there but I am not comfortable with tapering with the registry. With XP, I could change it very easily. As a side note, presently in Windows 7...

Hello everybody so while i was playing call of duty 4, i had minimized notepad,google chrome and some folder open when cod 4 ( call of duty 4 ) crashed and now these programs open up, i can see them while holding the mouse on the program from the pin bar but it can't maximize or something...

So, I just got Windows 7, and I love it more than I love Linux. I think it was the ads for it. -.- When I had XP, I learned how to make simple batch files. nothing major, just something to bid my time while in class. I just mastered the "IF" command, and now I want to try and see if I...

I installed a CAD program that reset the .SCR file type to open with Notepad. The .SCR is used with Screen Savers and I cannot initiate the Screen Saver that I use, it wants to open in Notepad and not execute. How do I remove or reset the file type protocol to a specific program? There are...

word, notepad etc... how do i change the icon for one of these? it does not seem to have a 'change icon' option i have my own icon thanks all

Ive been running Windows 7 for 10 months now maybe and I love it... Except I hate to do my web dev work on it due to admin permissions/file permissions. Yes I am an administrator on the computer. At first, I could not save any .php, .txt, .html, etc., etc. file unless I opened that program by...

When I click on Help and Support I get a notepad screen with uninteligible symbols. Help!

EDIT: Ok, weirdest thing ever but suddenly there is no problem... This was like this all day until now. Check out the picture of my desktop: Basically most of the icon graphics for my computer disappeared and were replaced with the standard windows icon cover... (some still remain) It's...

I cannot save a file on any program. Microsoft word, wordpad, notepad whatever i click save as or save whatever and NOTHING:mad: happens. thats the first thing, Second thing is I've tried to upload photos online, facebook, photobucket, picnik, whatever anything and i click "browse" or "choose...