Solved Notepad opens for no reason?

subushie · Oct 5, 2009

Hi, I'm brand new here. i signed up in hopes that someone could solve this issue for me. I'm not sure if I am posting in the right thread. sorry if i didn't. but i have a very annoying problem with my new vista computer. just a few days ago for no apparent reason. Notepad began opening up with some strange code. ( going up to about 40 times a day now ) and now this once annoying issue is becoming serious. because now random programs are assigning themselves to notepad. and whenever i click practicly any icon, it opens up in notepad form. i can no longer play any games, and pretty much the only thing that works is folders and Mozilla Firefox. I have done a complete system scan with Norton Anti-virus and it came up with nothing. is anyone aware of this problem? please hurry, because i fear that the internet may start doing this. Thanks

zigzag3143 · Oct 5, 2009

subushie said:
Hi, I'm brand new here. i signed up in hopes that someone could solve this issue for me. I'm not sure if I am posting in the right thread. sorry if i didn't. but i have a very annoying problem with my new vista computer. just a few days ago for no apparent reason. Notepad began opening up with some strange code. ( going up to about 40 times a day now ) and now this once annoying issue is becoming serious. because now random programs are assigning themselves to notepad. and whenever i click practicly any icon, it opens up in notepad form. i can no longer play any games, and pretty much the only thing that works is folders and Mozilla Firefox. I have done a complete system scan with Norton Anti-virus and it came up with nothing. is anyone aware of this problem? please hurry, because i fear that the internet may start doing this. Thanks

You probably have associated files with notepad. Do you have a current working anti virus scanner running?

ken

subushie · Oct 5, 2009

yes. i have the freshest version of Norton anti-virus. i ran a full system scan earlier in the week, and it didn't find anything. but now i am no longer able to access it because it opens up in notepad.

zigzag3143 · Oct 5, 2009

subushie said:
yes. i have the freshest version of Norton anti-virus. i ran a full system scan earlier in the week, and it didn't find anything. but now i am no longer able to access it because it opens up in notepad.

if you right click an app what does it say it opens with? A file that opens in notepad is a good one to check

ken

subushie · Oct 5, 2009

well, i right clicking Norton, and it has no "Open with" selection.

subushie · Oct 5, 2009

and i am not sure if this is important or not, but the file that constantly opens under notepad is always labeled "hptcs"

zigzag3143 · Oct 5, 2009

subushie said:
and i am not sure if this is important or not, but the file that constantly opens under notepad is always labeled "hptcs"

whats the contents of hptcs? btw what is the extension of the hptcs? (hptcs.***)

ken

subushie · Oct 5, 2009

its basicly this Ži2+~
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but like a mile long.
and i tried to do a advanced search to find the extension, but the computer couldn't locate it. and i don't know how to find it through notepad. because it is not displayed anywhere

zigzag3143 · Oct 5, 2009

lets try somethiing different

first do you have a backup to restore from?

can you goto start>search>type cmd>right click and run as admin>type
sfc /scannow this is a sytem file check that will verify and repair system files. this probably will not help but it cant hurt.

ken

subushie · Oct 5, 2009

no, when i click cmd, it opens up in notepad.

subushie · Oct 5, 2009

and i cant restore because idk what i could mess up. because this is a semi-work computer as well. and we have lots of photos and documents that i cant afford to lose

zigzag3143 · Oct 5, 2009

subushie said:
no, when i click cmd, it opens up in notepad.

does it do this even in safe mode?

subushie · Oct 5, 2009

i havent tried opening in safe mode yet, hold on.

subushie · Oct 5, 2009

yes the problem still apears in safe mode. but a new problem has come up when i restarted normaly. about 40 notepads opened up with a bunch of different names.

zigzag3143 · Oct 5, 2009

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before you try anything I would suggest you do a backup. If the data is imortant make sure you have a copy for later

when this is done go into start>search>msconfig cahnge to a diagnostic boot and reboot.

does it still happen?

z3r010 · Oct 5, 2009

Ok try the restore exe option from the following tutorial - http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/233243-default-file-type-associations-restore.html

subushie · Oct 5, 2009

if you mean system configuration, i cant, when i click on it it opens in notepad as well... should i call windows?

subushie · Oct 5, 2009

z3r010 said:
Ok try the restore exe option from the following tutorial - http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/233243-default-file-type-associations-restore.html

i would, but pretty much every single program is changed to im assuming .txt extension, i wouldent know what extension to use on them. and it would take me hours to do this with every one.

z3r010 · Oct 5, 2009

Have you tried it?

Dwarf · Oct 5, 2009

Check this Tutorial http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/84215-folder-options.html and select the option Show hidden files and folders and deselect Hide extensions for known file types. You can also optionally deselect the option Hide protected operating system files (Recommended). What I am interested in is: Are your files showing the correct file extension?

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