Please note that you must log off for changes to work. You can resize and position Notepad window later as you wish. This would set default position to in the middle of your screen. IWindowPosX : 2c2 (my previous setting was 68a) You will need to change the DWORD value to the following: In the right column you will see the DWORD entries you need to edit.Ħ. Then click on the Software folder, the Microsoft folder, and then the Notepad folder.ĥ. You can see there are five layers of the registry HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT, HKEY_CURRENT_USER, HKEY_LOCAL MACHINE, HKEY_USERS and HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG.Ĥ. In windows XP, you type the same command on the “ run” dialog box at start menu.Ģ. Go to the windows’ start menu and in windows 7 PC’s search box, type regedit as shown in image 1 below. You will need to enter your Windows Registry to fix this problem.ġ. As you can see, even if I started typing into this Notepad, the text would not be visible to me until I reached the viewable point. Here is a screenshot of the Notepad.exe when it opened with half the box not showing on the desktop. Absolutely nothing would get the Notepad to show on the desktop correctly. I tried to maximize and minimize the window, open a new Notepad, re-size the Notepad, and more. I tried a few things to fix this problem. I could not move the Notepad to a better position because I could not get to the title bar to re-position the box.
Kindly comment and let us know the fix that helped you solve the issue.I opened Notepad to paste some notes down but Notepad opened off the computer screen. We hope this article has been informative. If you have tried all the fixes listed above and yet see that the Notepad is not opening, then it would be better to consider alternative Text editors like Notepad++, Atom, etc To do so, refer How to Create a New Local User Account in Windows 10Ĭheck if this helps to resolve the issue. Fix 8: Create a New User AccountĪt times, when the user account is corrupted, Windows Apps like Notepad, Paint doesn’t work as expected, creating a new Windows User Profile has helped. This will reset the Notepad settings to their default.
Step 5: Right-click on the Notepad folder as shown below and select Delete from the context menu. Step 4: In the Editor window, in the top bar, copy-paste the below location HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Notepad To take a backup, In the Registry Editor–> Go to File –> Export –> Save your Backup file. It is advised to take the backup of the registry before proceeding. NOTE: Registry editing can have an adverse effect on the system even with the slightest mistake. Step 3: In the UAC window that asks for permission, just click on Yes
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