Notepad not saving texts

I am having some difficulty in saving a document from my Notepad in that I put in some text and then go to Save as and it comes back doing nothing. As a matter of fact the text I enter is not displayed in the notepad title bar.
Any help really appreciated.

Here is an article from Microsoft that might help.

Thanks kgarret mate I have already seen that following a net search What I don't get is that there is no mention of permissions when I right-click the File tab??

I suggest you bowl out that Permissions possibility by going to the folder you were trying to save in using File explorer then right-click over a blank area on the right-hand side, New, {select anything - text document, bmp, ...}.
If the new file is created in your chosen folder then your problem has nothing to do with Permissions.


Best of luck,
Denis

ICIT2LOL said:

Thanks kgarret mate I have already seen that following a net search What I don't get is that there is no mention of permissions when I right-click the File tab??

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What about the location that you are trying to save the file. Could that folder be protected? Try saving in a different folder to see if you get different results.

Well I Don't know what to do next as the notepad will not even save anything from gobbledygook to a batch file I was trying to save. I can only put it down to an update that broke the notepad??

ICIT2LOL said:

Well I Don't know what to do next as the notepad will not even save anything from gobbledygook to a batch file I was trying to save. I can only put it down to an update that broke the notepad??

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In setting, goto Installed Apps, then scroll down to find Notepad. To the right, click the 3 dots and choose Advanced Options. Scroll down that page a bit and you'll see Repair. Click and try that once.

Ok K I tried that mat but still no go. But in the meantime, I have stumbled across a way to get my batch file to a new folder in C: drive how I did that I cannot quite remember how?
But thanks anyway I had no idea that you could do that sort of action.

Uninstall notepad, restart, and reinstall notepad.

If that doesn't work open cmd as admin and run sfc /scannow

Thanks, glasscutter I did that and notepad now shows the save as - the files name but I cannot get it to save to the C: drive as a start batch file. It seems to be fixated on One Drive for a place for the file to be saved for even though I have set a new folder in the C: drive. Oh and a sfc came back as all clear.

ICIT2LOL said:

I cannot get it to save to the C: drive

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Do not try to save anything to the root of the C:\ drive. I don't think that's what you've been trying but I'm not certain.
So what is the path to the folder you've been trying - "even though I have set a new folder in the C: drive"?

Try3 said:

I suggest you bowl out that Permissions possibility by going to the folder you were trying to save in using File explorer then right-click over a blank area on the right-hand side, New, {select anything - text document, bmp, ...}.
If the new file is created in your chosen folder then your problem has nothing to do with Permissions.

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All the best,
Denis

Sorry late reply Denis (in hospital right now) I don't know how to get to permissions although I might do an Edge search. I have got the batch fle to work after much ado and really it was only as I was trying to follow the instructions of a YouTube video on having the Performance show on the taskbar for easy access to that info.

Windows refuses to let me save to the C: drive. However, it does let me save somewhere else. The default location is the Documents folder. If you select No then you can browse to somewhere else and save it there.

ICIT2LOL said:

I don't know how to get to permissions

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You don't need to. The test does not require you to know anything about permissions and, depending on the result, you might never need to.

ICIT2LOL said:

save to the C: drive as a start batch file

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ICIT2LOL said:

I have got the batch fle to work after much ado

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If you want to discuss how to get a batch file to run at startup then please confirm whether or not it needs Admin approval because that is a significant difference when doing this.

See you when you get parole,
All the best,
Denis

MisterEd said:

Windows refuses to let me save to the C: drive

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Sorry, that should be, "Windows refuses to let me save to the root of the C: drive".
That has been a limitation for decades.
The root of the OS drive used to be used by malware and preventing its use was a means of protecting the system. [Don't ask me how it's a protection, I've never understood it.]


All the best,
Denis