Windows 10: Issue with a notepad pop up on startup

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This is displayed on notepad every time I boot my pc. I have had this issue for quite a while now, but I now have the time to try to address it, so any help is appreciated. After reading similar posts I found advice to be: reboot, and if that doesn't work, use some command prompt to try and solve it. Neither of these methods have helped at all, I have even tried the command lines albeit not understanding them. If anyone can explain why this pops up and how I can actually go about remedying this issue, I would greatly appreciate that.

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Notepad

I followed your suggestion but wasn't able to find Notepad listed on the startup. There are some listed as program but don't know which ones it could be.

 

desktop - Notepad window openx when Windows 10 is stated?

Hi John,

To help resolve the issue regarding the opening of notepad during startup, we suggest that you open the startup items and check if it's added.

Follow these steps:

• Press Windows + X.
• Select Task Manager.
• If this is the first time you opened Task Manager, you'll get a compact list of running apps. Just select
  More details to open the full view.
• Once the full view is opened, click Startup tab.
• If Notepad is listed, right-click on
  Notepad then select disable.

Let us know the result.

 

Notepad

Hi,

Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community. Appreciate your interest in using Windows 10.

I suggest you to follow the steps provided below:

• Open Task Manager. Here’s a tip: press CTRL+SHIFT+ESC.
• Click on Startup tab.
• Select Notepad from the list and click on Disable.

Hope the information is helpful. Feel free to write to us
for any other assistance with Windows, we’ll be glad to assist you.