Solved Windows 11- notepad does not work


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Hope gonna get some suggestions how to fix Notepad not working. I have admin account and still some nags about not proper rights.
Windows version.
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Hope there is some easy fix to this, tried some repairs DISM, but found nothing wrong.
Get this when trying to open a txt file.

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Re-installation delivers another error. Reset Windows store. No difference.

Btw, I have an account on Tenforums, how to get that working on 11 forums--
 
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Some more detail would help - how are you trying to open the file, are you opening from within notepad or just clicking it?

As for your Ten Forums account, this is a separates site and nothing carries over.
 

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Open Settings --> Apps --> Apps & features found the Notepad and from Advanced options you can Repair or Reset notepad.
 

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z3r010 said:
Some more detail would help - how are you trying to open the file, are you opening from within notepad or just clicking it?

As for your Ten Forums account, this is a separates site and nothing carries over.
Click to expand...
Within Notepad I get error, cant open file. From txt file I get that error above directly clicking on a txt file.
FreeBooter said:
Open Settings --> Apps --> Apps & features found the Notepad and from Advanced options you can Repair or Reset notepad.
Click to expand...
Tried both, does not solve anything.
 

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    Asus X570 TUF Pro Wifi
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    Norton 360
FreeBooter said:
Open Settings --> Apps --> Apps & features found the Notepad and from Advanced options you can Repair or Reset notepad.
Click to expand...
EDIT: I tried repair and reset a few times and rebooted after each step. Now it works. Thanks for the advice! I'm marking this as solved.
 

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    Windows 10 and Windows 11 (dual boot)
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    Asus
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    Ryzen 7 - 5800X3D
    Motherboard
    Asus X570 TUF Pro Wifi
    Memory
    G-Skill 16GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    RTX 4090
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    Asus 28- 4k - 144Hz
    Screen Resolution
    2160p
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    Samsung 980Pro 1TB
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    EVGA 1000W Platinum
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    Deepcool 720S
    Keyboard
    Logitech G915
    Internet Speed
    1Gb/600Mb
    Antivirus
    Norton 360
splitsecond said:
EDIT: I tried repair and reset a few times and rebooted after each step. Now it works. Thanks for the advice! I'm marking this as solved.
Click to expand...
You are very welcome!
 

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  • OS
    Windows 11
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    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    HP Pavilion
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    AMD Ryzen 7 5700G
    Motherboard
    Erica6
    Memory
    Micron Technology DDR4-3200 16GB
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    NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
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    Realtek ALC671
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    Samsung SyncMaster U28E590
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    3840 x 2160
    Hard Drives
    SAMSUNG MZVLQ1T0HALB-000H1
I had the same problem with Windows 11 Notepad:
When clicking on any .txt file in Explorer, got error: 'unable to start the application...'
Notepad.exe is present in both Windows and Windows\SysWOW64 folders.
Notepad will open if I click the Notepad.exe file in Windows.

Did Google search and found this thread.
Followed instructions given by FreeBooter. Used Search in Apps & Features > App list to locate Notepad.
Tried Repair first. Did not fix.
Tried Reset. This fixed the problem.
But now, when I search for Notepad in All list, there is no result.
Rebooted. No change.
Attempted to re-install Notepad from MS Store.
Windows will download Windows Notepad from the store, but when it attempts to install, get the following error:
Hit Retry to get the app
Your device restarted while the app was downloading
Code: 0x8007045B

Same error if I attempt to install 'Notepad+' from the MS Store.

Pinned shortcut to Notepad.exe (in C:\Windows) to Start menu. I can now run Notepad from this new shortcut.
Now have two Notepad shortcuts on Start menu:
One is the old Windows 10 icon, the other is the new Windows 11 icon.
When I click on the Windows 10 Notepad icon, Notepad will open.
When I click on the Windows 11 Notepad icon, nothing happens

Notes:
I did an in-place upgrade from Windows 10 to Windows 11 on the MS Insider Beta channel.
Notepad was working fine before the upgrade.

Hopefully, the next release will fix this problem, but I'm not holding my breath.
I wanted to post this in the MS Insider Flighting feedback, but I read that MS feedback is worthless, so I didn't bother.

Ultrarunner22
 

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FreeBooter said:
Open Settings --> Apps --> Apps & features found the Notepad and from Advanced options you can Repair or Reset notepad.
Click to expand...
Thanks FreeBooter worked first time
 

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My Computer

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    Windows 11
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    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    HP Pavilion
    CPU
    AMD Ryzen 7 5700G
    Motherboard
    Erica6
    Memory
    Micron Technology DDR4-3200 16GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
    Sound Card
    Realtek ALC671
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    Samsung SyncMaster U28E590
    Screen Resolution
    3840 x 2160
    Hard Drives
    SAMSUNG MZVLQ1T0HALB-000H1
Ultrarunner22 said:
I had the same problem with Windows 11 Notepad:
When clicking on any .txt file in Explorer, got error: 'unable to start the application...'
Notepad.exe is present in both Windows and Windows\SysWOW64 folders.
Notepad will open if I click the Notepad.exe file in Windows.

Did Google search and found this thread.
Followed instructions given by FreeBooter. Used Search in Apps & Features > App list to locate Notepad.
Tried Repair first. Did not fix.
Tried Reset. This fixed the problem.
But now, when I search for Notepad in All list, there is no result.
Rebooted. No change.
Attempted to re-install Notepad from MS Store.
Windows will download Windows Notepad from the store, but when it attempts to install, get the following error:
Hit Retry to get the app
Your device restarted while the app was downloading
Code: 0x8007045B

Same error if I attempt to install 'Notepad+' from the MS Store.

Pinned shortcut to Notepad.exe (in C:\Windows) to Start menu. I can now run Notepad from this new shortcut.
Now have two Notepad shortcuts on Start menu:
One is the old Windows 10 icon, the other is the new Windows 11 icon.
When I click on the Windows 10 Notepad icon, Notepad will open.
When I click on the Windows 11 Notepad icon, nothing happens

Notes:
I did an in-place upgrade from Windows 10 to Windows 11 on the MS Insider Beta channel.
Notepad was working fine before the upgrade.

Hopefully, the next release will fix this problem, but I'm not holding my breath.
I wanted to post this in the MS Insider Flighting feedback, but I read that MS feedback is worthless, so I didn't bother.

Ultrarunner22
Click to expand...
You can also try removing notepad in PowerShell with the command Get-AppxPackage *Microsoft.WindowsNotepad* | Remove-AppxPackage then reboot and reinstall via Microsoft store.
 

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