From: Chris Robinson 

.... and minutes after posting I find this:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;en-us;q215340

"this issue can occur if the text file that you are trying to view
with Notepad is larger than 64 kilobytes (KB). Notepad can only open files
that are smaller than 64 KB. "

OK, so here's what I think's happened:

- The user has been happily opening text files for however long, thinking
that they've been opening in Notepad when infact they've been opening in
Wordpad.  He had a problem this morning with a text file which I think may
be corrupt (it's a report automatically generated from a system we use).  I
think this file (or possibly something else?) has caused Windows to loose
the file association that says to open text files in Wordpad.  This means
it's switched back to the default association (Notepad) and hence, the
problems.

Moral of the story: don't believe everything user's tell you.

Chris 

Chris Robinson wrote:

> We have a Windows 98 laptop here that decided to stop opening text files
> over about 50k in size.  The files open fine in Wordpad but for some
> reason Notepad not longer opens them - it just gives says "this file is
> too big for Notepad to open, would yoiu like to use Wordpad to open the
> file?".
>
> Another interesting thing is that if you try to open a file under 50k
> (works fine) and then paste text into it that would take it to, for
> example, 70k, then Notepad will say something to the tune of "There's
> not enough memory to complete the request, try closing other
> applications to free up more memory".  This isn't a problem as there's
> plenty of RAM free (over 100Mb) and this still happens.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> I've already tried copying the Notepad.exe from a working 98 PC which
> didn't make a difference.  I also can't see any way to uninstall and
> reinstall it from Windows Setup (i.e. it's not listed).  I'm assuming it
> relies on certain DLL's so I'm going to hunt around a bit more to see if
> I can find anything?
>
> Thanks,
> Chris.

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