Windows 10: after last update (1809) a red x appears on some files: notepad, wordpad, etc. on desktop

After last update (1809) a red x appears on some files: notepad, wordpad, etc. on desktop & creates other issues; how do I stop Windows file explorer behaving this way?

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hi

I went to use WordPad today but am unable to find it in apps. Scrolling down the list it doesn't list notepad or WordPad as an app. I tried to ask Cortana to open it by saying "open WordPad" all I get as a response is her say open what app. looking at the
speechbox it seems to recognise what I am saying I couldn't get her to open any apps try calculator as well . She did suggest sites on how to open WordPad. In the end I went through file explorer and found a shortcut to WordPad but why isn't it listed as an
app ?

 

Wordpad ? Notepad ++ ? Why like this ?

I have a question. I don't understand why this is happening.

I'm going to show some screens and try to explain as well as possible.

So I downloaded a Oblivion mod Natural Environments, and its readme is a .txt file.

Now I use Notepad++ to read most of the files on my PC. What I don't understand is why the line goes so far to the right, that I have to horizontally scroll all the way to right to read the entire line.

Now when I open the same file in Wordpad, the whole text is neatly formatted so that I don't have to scroll to the right.

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Why does this happen ? And can I make Notepad++ behave like Wordpad does ? Or is their a better text editor than Notepad++ which is lightweight and starts quickly, but not like MS Word.

 

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Sorry but they are not. I've been trying to find WordPad on Windows 10. The only things listed under Windows Accessories are Internet Explorer and Notepad. None of the suggestions which came up when I googled the problem worked. I downloaded something
called Wordpad 10, but all that does is present a black screen and won't open any *.rtf or *.doc files. How do I get hold of this elusive prog?