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Asked: 2021-11-12T08:46:59+00:00 In:

Cannot Read Saved Txt Files in Notepad

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Suddenly I cannot read any of my saved txt files in notepad. I have hundreds or thousands of these files that I need desperately. The files open, but there are some strange characters instead of the regular text. I CAN open the same files in Word.

Is my notepad corrupted? Is this from a virus?

PLEASE HELP!

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      It sound like a “Rich Text” problem.

      If you make a txt file in notepad and open it in Word….no problem
      Make a txt file in word and open in notepad and you will get what looks like.
      ))000000000000000#.

      Open Word type is anything and then go to save….Look at all the options….
      So what are your text files being saved as(What format) in Word?

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