"Jan" wrote in message
news:OuSNnAiBLHA.420@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> Thanks again for your assistance. Obviously you are experienced with
> computers and very confident about this. However I checked in the
> Accessories folder as suggested and in my computer it is empty. In a
> "Search" for Wordpad however it came up with 18 references for Wordpad in
> C:\1386 that used 4 different file names: EX_file, IN-file, CH_ and HL_
> I was unable to open any of them. I have noticed before that Hewlett
> Packard load their programs like Windows XP Home on computers not
> necessarily identical to the original. I noticed in the Windows file
> association website that there are several free download programs to open
> assorted files. As I am not a computer wizard the question is do I need to
> go through this procedure plus other possible problems hoping I'll be
> successful just to confirm a particular Wordpad version?
> Perhaps I should go with the Windows Update indication that KB923561 was
> installed successfully.
As I stated in a previous reply to you, "wordpad.exe" should be located in
the following folder on your hard drive:
C:\Program Files\Windows NT\Accessories
If it's not located there then you have somehow deleted it from your
machine("it is a common mistake people make when doing a thorough clean-up
of their computer"), and that is why Belarc is flagging it(because it can
not find the file "wordpad.exe").
Use ADD|REMOVE Programs to uninstall KB923561, then check to see if the
uninstall process put "wordpad.exe" back into the following folder:
C:\Program Files\Windows NT\Accessories
If it did, then download the manual install package for KB923561 and install
it to updade "wordpad.exe".
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...9a-503e-43dd-a78a-c1bc764fd213&displaylang=en
If no joy, remove KB923561 once again using ADD|Remove Programs.
Following the instructions here for installing WordPad:
http://www.ehow.com/how_5087979_reinstall-wordpad.html
Then reinstall KB923561:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...9a-503e-43dd-a78a-c1bc764fd213&displaylang=en
Good luck,
Donald Anadell
>
> Jan.
>
>
> "PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote in message
> news:O3ndNhgBLHA.4388@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> Trust me, Wordpad is installed & present on your computer.
>>
>> You do not need to uninstall/reinstall the update.
>>
>> Jan wrote:
>>> My computer is a HP and I don't have Wordpad.exe. I have a Microsoft
>>> Works
>>> Word Processor.
>>> The security update KB923561 is listed in my Add/Remove Programs also
>>> dated
>>> as installed on 16-04-2009.
>>> Jan.
>>>
>>> "PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote in message
>>> news:e4N6yIZBLHA.6116@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>>> Is "Security Update for Windows XP (KB923561)" listed in Add/Remove
>>>> Programs (after making certain the Show Updates box at the top is
>>>> checked)?
>>>> --
>>>> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
>>>> MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Jan wrote:
>>>>> I have Windows XP Home SP3. A scan with my "Belarc Advisor" indicates
>>>>> that
>>>>> update KB923561 has to be re-installed. Yet the Windows update website
>>>>> shows
>>>>> that this update was successfully completed on 16-04-2009. Is
>>>>> re-installation really necessary now and how do I do this?
>>
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>
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