Question : Problem: Text files.

Hello all,
            I have a problem with opening text files in windows 98. I had installed the freeware Notepad++ and it seemed fine for a while, but today I got this error when trying to open text files.
system error & H800004005(-2147467259)

I have tried uninstalling Notepad ++ and at that could no longer find a notepad at all. I have a text editor, so I can open these files but not from cliking them, that results in a dialouge box saying Notepad.exe not found. I have looked to re-install the Notepad from Windows, but there seemed to be no facility for this on the disk. So there it is, oh, and Outlook newsreader has took to presenting me with an attachment to open, instead of opening the messages in the preview pane, these too require being opened by right click, quick veiw plus.
                   I hope that someone can clear this up, Thank you, Mal.

Answer : Problem: Text files.

If you have text editor you want to use....go to your Explorer and look at the Options menu under View...from there you can change your file types and what application runs what file types.  Just find the Notepad or .txt extensions and re-assign them to your text editor.