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where does worpad reside on Win8??

Dec 27, 2014 12:06PM PST

I have searched high adn low for wordpad and yet to no avail.

Is it just not existent or got merged into Visual Studio(just like Word and Excel)?

TIA!Wink

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RE: wordpad
Dec 28, 2014 12:32AM PST

So you went into the command prompt, typed dir wordpad.exe /s + enter and it didn't come up? That's the fastest way to search for a file, unless you use a third-party program like Ultrasearch.

Word and Excel still are part of Office. The preferred version (preferred by Microsoft) is Office 365. Visual Studio only is for programmers. Office is for everybody.

Kees

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thanks
Dec 28, 2014 1:56PM PST

but I use the f3 keyword search all the freaking time and it didnt work.
Thanks for telling. I'll try to remember that command prompt keyword( if thats even the right term to refer to it).

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second tile to the right
Dec 28, 2014 12:03AM PST

and straight on till morning.

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This is the location for Wordpad
Dec 28, 2014 12:45AM PST

Wordpad is in C:\"%ProgramFiles%\Windows NT\Accessories\wordpad.exe".

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That practically the same as in Windows 7.
Dec 28, 2014 4:03AM PST

On my 64-bit Windows 7 it's C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows NT\Accessories\wordpad.exe.
Might be true on 64-bit Windows 8.1 also?

Kees

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And ...
Dec 28, 2014 4:07AM PST

On second sight, my Windows 7 has 2 versions. The one above is 4.05 MB and there is C:\Program Files\Windows NT\Accessories\wordpad.exe also, which is 4.37 MB.

Easy to find, by the way.

Kees

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8.1 here.
Dec 28, 2014 4:17AM PST

C:\Windows\System32>dir \wordpad.exe /s/a/p
Volume in drive C is Windows8_OS
Volume Serial Number is B4DC-7A00

Directory of C:\Program Files\Windows NT\Accessories

08/22/2013 02:21 AM 4,561,920 wordpad.exe
1 File(s) 4,561,920 bytes

Directory of C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows NT\Accessories

08/21/2013 07:07 PM 4,277,760 wordpad.exe
1 File(s) 4,277,760 bytes

The shortcut in the start menu points to:
"%ProgramFiles%\Windows NT\Accessories\wordpad.exe"

Since the x86 folder .exe differs in some way, well, I bet someone has asked why.
Bob

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Word Pad
Dec 28, 2014 5:47AM PST

I just pull out the search from the right sided of the screen type in WORD and click on word pad from the drop down menue