Windows 10: notepad is gone from my computer

i've had notepad just like anyone else up until two weeks ago or so, when i wanted to create a ".txt" on my dekstop but didn't see the option. in its place was "rich text document" or ".rtf" anyone know how to fix? i don't want notepad++ or some alternative, i wish to get back the regular notepad.

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Notepad randomly gone from computer

Notepad is no longer on my computer. In the apps & features list notepad does not show up and I cant open any files with notepad only have WordPad. I went to Windows/system32 and found notepad.exe.mui but only opens in WordPad doesn't launch notepad. Tried
uninstalling notepad using a command and went to the Microsoft store to download notepad again but it says I already own it. Also tried going into regedit and deleting notepad in there also no luck. Don't know why this happened never touched anything related
to notepad just stopped working. After running the notepad uninstall command I still have notepad.exe.mui in system32 is there a way to uninstall it and redownload it again. Like I said it does not show up in apps & features list so I cant uninstall it from
there. Any help on this would be great don't know what to do next.

 

notepad

04sall is the name of the document that Notepad has opened. Usually Notepad is meant to open "text" or "source code" files, however it can open other types of files. Now relating back to your issue, the fact that 04sall does not have file format means
that it used by a program or Windows, and could be quite large. This might have caused Notepad to freeze. You will have to force close Notepad, to do that please follow the following steps.

Step 1: Press the buttons "Ctrl, alt, and delete" simultaneously. A list of options should come up. Click on Task Manager from the options that display. Note, if Task Manager is unable to open OR pressing the buttons "Ctrl, alt, and delete" simultaneously
does not do anything, jump to Step 5.

Step 2: In task manager select Notepad. Now click the "End Task" button. If a confirmation message comes up, then click "End Task" in the confirmation message. If Notepad closes then problem is solved. If Notepad does not close please repeat this step.
If repeating this step after 5 times does not work, go on to Step 3.

Step 3: Select Notepad on task manager, right click on the selected Notepad in Task Manager. A drop down menu should come up. Select "Go to Details". After doing this DO NOT click on anything yet. Go to step 4.

Step 4: There should already be something highlighted, right click the highlighted object, a drop down menu should appear. Click "End Task" option from that menu. A prompt will come up, click the "End Process" option on the prompt. If Notepad closes then
problem is solved. If Notepad does not close, please repeat this step. If repeating this step does not work, got to step 5.

Step 5: Hard shutdown the computer, by pressing onto the power button. DO NOT LET GO OF the power button until the computer power indication sign has turned off. Now turn the computer back on. If the issue is gone, then problem is fixed. If "04sall-notepad"
opens up again on startup, please reply back stating that.

 

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.

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