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Notepad disappeared? not valid win32 app?

Started by Brian D. , Feb 22 2010 09:37 AM

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Brian D.

Posted 22 February 2010 - 09:37 AM

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Anytime i try to open notepad or a file that requires notepad, i get an error:

"notepad is not a valid win32 application"

i looked on the internet and found nothing.

any help would be greatly appreciated.

thanks

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phillipcorcoran

Posted 22 February 2010 - 10:06 AM

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This is often (but not always) caused by a malware infection so you should post your problem to the malware forum. We are not allowed to help with possible or definite malware infections in this forum.
Please post here but read the pinned 'Malware and Spyware Cleaning Guide' first:

http://www.geekstogo...emoval-f37.html