Windows 10: All notepad documents open as blank

If I try to open any saved note, written with Notepad, windows simply opens a new blank Notepad file instead.

I have to drag and drop my saved note to the Notepad app to actually open and edit it.

Already tried DISM -RestoreHealth, with no file corruptions found

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Saved Notepad document opening blank

My boyfriend and I just moved into a new apartment, and we won’t have internet until tomorrow. My boyfriend writes scripts for videos he makes using online programs generally, but as we’re without internet for the time being, he’s been using Notepad instead.

In the past two days, he’s put about 7 hours into his script. He saved it into Notepad. Today he went to open it and the entire document was blank. It allows me to highlight it when I open it and blue text goes down for a while, so it appears he’s written
a lot, but it’s all blank like someone held the space bar down for a couple of minutes.

I’ve tried ctrl + z, nothing. Tried copying the text and pasting it in another Notepad document or pasting it into the search bar into file explorer or WordPad and it’s all blank. It’s text of some sort because I can move my cursor and put it in
different parts, but it’s all blank.

I’ve also tried restoring previous versions, but when I select that, it tells me no previous versions of the document exist.

I’ve tried highlighting all the text in the document and changing font, size, etc., but it all stays blank.

It’s incredibly frustrating. He’s already given up on recovering it and has started re-writing the script, but I’d love to be able to recover it for him.

Is there any way to, or is it a lost cause?

 

Notepad- opening a new document

In a notepad document without inputted data, if I click File -> New, is there an action taken? I mean, will it open a new blank notepad document or it will remain the same ( no action taken ) ?

 

how can edit the format of documents in notepad

Hi Ramon,

We understand that you'd like to edit the format of documents using Notepad application.

If you're trying to open an Office document like Word or Excel using Notepad, be informed that since the app only detect pure text, it will lose all the format and objects originally came with the document.

You can follow these steps to open a document in Notepad:

1. Right-click the document file.

2. Select Open With, and select Notepad. If not its not on the list, click
Choose another app.

3. Select Notepad, and click OK.

Kindly post back if you have further concerns.