Well done!
You really didn't need to use KB 129605 as you knew it was in
Win_17.cab and you could have just opened that and extracted
Wordpad.exe but the method Mike suggested is the standard way and is
outlined in KB 129605 (once you sort out the chaff)

Where to put it?
You might find it easier to put Wordpad.exe where it is normally, as
you will have shortcuts and associations pointing to it there.

C:\Program Files\Accessories\WORDPAD.EXE

Your PING seems OK to me. I think all four of us will see it clearly.

....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:

Ref: Wordpad Problem thread started 1/28/2005 17:16.

Mart, I finally got around to trying your last suggestion:
snipHowever, as a final WAG, try extracting a fresh copy
of wordpad.exe from
WIN_17.CAB in the Widows\Options folder and put it on your
desktop. Then try
running it from there.snip

I attempted to go by KB 129605 How To Extract Original
Compressed Windows Files but as happens too often for me I
found the instructions confusing.

Luckily I had a printout handy of a Mike Maltby 12/08/2004
06:11 post to the windowsme.systemtools that was much
clearer and I quote:
"use MSConfig (Start I Run and enter MSConfig in the box and
click OK). On the General tab you will find "Extract
File...", click this, enter the name of the file to be
extracted and click OK. If asked enter the location of the
Win Me cab files (C:\Windows\Options\Cabs or
C:\Windows\Options\lnstall or in your case the folder on
your CD, H:\Wingx) and the location where you want to place
the extracted file and then click OK."

I specified Desktop as the location to place the extracted
file, double clicked the wordpad.exe on the Desktop and
Wordpad opened right up. So Mart, your final WAG was a real
winner.

Thanks to all that helped me with this problem. Now I plan
on deleting wordpad/wordpad.exe from all locations (except
current Desktop), creating a C:\WINDOWS\Wordpad folder and
moving the wordpad.exe from the Desktop to this new folder.
Is this a correct thing to do??

P.S. Is this PING a proper way to provide feedback to a
thread several days old?