Windows 10: notepad not working

i need to edit a config file for a game and my notepad wont open. i tried a couple of solutions that gave me find more problemsi checked apps and features, optional features and tried to uninstall notepad, but whenever i click optional features, settings just crashes. i searched for a solution and it talked about windows update and running codes in cmd•net stop bits•net stop wuauserv•net stop appidsvc•net stop cryptsvc•Ren %systemroot%\SoftwareDistribution SoftwareDistribution.bak•Ren %systemroot%\system32\catroot2 catroot2.bak•net start bits•net start wuauserv•net start appidsvc•net start cry

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Windows 10 Character Map and Notepad

Well I found the answer to my question. I should have thought through this a little longer.

Notepad is native in ANSI mode.
However Wordpad can work in UTF-8 mode.
I found steps to make Notepad usable in UTF-8 mode but there are a lot of steps and once again there has to be a registry hack to make it work.
Now how do I make Workpad be listed in the most used application through the Start Menu?

 

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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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.