OK. Just in case there are misunderstandings, you must delete the
Wordpad key completely in the left-hand pane of Regedit and not just
remove any values in the right-hand pane and then restart in case it
is needed.

....Alan

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In microsoft.public.windowsme.software, "Job" wrote:

Again Alan, thanks for your help. Maybe someone else will
drop in with a suggested fix. Have a good weekend.

"Alan Edwards" wrote in message
.. .
No other suggestions to fix the problem if you have
deleted the
Registry key completely.

Wordpad is not meant to be in Add/Remove-Windows Setup.
WordPad is not included in Add / Remove Programs utility
as an
installable program in Windows Millennium, this is by
design.

...Alan

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Alan Edwards, MS MVP W95/98 Systems
http://dts-l.org/index.html

In microsoft.public.windowsme.software, "Job"
wrote:

Hi again Alan,

Before following your procedure I looked at KB 218632 to
see
what it had to say. Since it talked about both Wordpad
and
Paint I attempted to open Paint and got message "MSPaint
has
caused an error....".

When I went to Control Panel, Add/Remove Programs,
Windows
Setup, Accessories, Details the things listed were
Calulator, Desktop Wallpaper, Document Templates,
Imaging,
Paint, and Screen Savers (notice absence of Wordpad).

I unchecked Paint then went to regedit per your and KB
instructions where I deleted the Applets\Wordpad and
Applets\Paint. Then I returned to Control Panel,
Add/Remove
Programs, Windows Setup, Accessories, Details and put a
check by Paint (again I point out that Wordpad is not
listed
there).

Result of this effort is that I can now open Paint,
however,
I still get message "Wordpad has caused an error in
unknown. Wordpad will now close."

Any other suggestions to clear the error? How do you
think
I can get Wordpad to show up in the Windows Setup,
Accessories list?

Thanks for you help.

.

"Alan Edwards" wrote in message
.. .
Many errors in Wordpad are fixed by removing this key
in
the Registry
with Regedit:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre nt
Version\Applets\Wordpad
A restart may be necessary.

See this article:
Invalid Page Fault Starting WordPad or Paint [Q218632]
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=218632

...Alan
--
Alan Edwards, MS MVP W95/98 Systems

In microsoft.public.windowsme.software, "Job"
wrote:


When I try to open Wordpad I get the following:
Wordpad
has
caused an error in unknown.