wordpad

not a vaild win32 application error is often caused by an infection.
Does it happen to all .rtf files, or just one?

to all of them, i d/l spybot and got rid of the trojans and i have avast after running both of them and restarting the computer it still wont let me click on a file to open in wordpad and cant find wordpad.exe on my pc..but i did d/l jarte and i can click on a file to open it but i would like to fix wordpad if possible..

thanks for replying to my question

i can load wordpad up to open

cant find wordpad.exe on my pc

Which one would it be?

Then, since you mentioned infection....

I suggest you go to the Malware Forum and run all the steps located in the START HERE. These self-help tools will help you clean up 70% of problems on your own. If you are still having problems after doing the steps, then please post a HiJackThis Log in THAT forum. If you are unable to run and/or post a HJT log, then post that in your initial post in the topic you create in that forum.

If you are still having problems after being given a clean bill of health from the malware expert, then please return to THIS thread and we will pursue other options to help you solve your current problem(s).

i got it to work

Cool
What happened?

i did have one of those vundo virus and i use the scan for that and then went and found the wordpad exe and i was able to hit open file with this program and works again

thanks for the help

I still suggest you go through my advice from reply #4

ok...i dont have a problem with that

Yeah, just to make sure, the computer is clean.