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TERRELL
6-6-04, 05:09 PM
I cant right click?view source anymore. I dont think I messed with anything..When I right click>view source. I get this message Notepad: "A device not attached to the system is not running"


Whats going on and how can I fix this..Lord knows I need my view source...
sahajin
6-6-04, 10:11 PM
sounds like the Temporary internet files folder is corrupt. delete all that is in it and then try it.
omatic
6-6-04, 11:14 PM
At the risk of posting an unhelpful reply, if the device is (by its own report) not attached to the system, then how does it know it's not running??!?

Talk about a useless error message!
omatic
(jj)
6-7-04, 02:31 AM
As sahajin pointed out, empty your browser cache and Windows temp folder. It is either corrupted or simply too full to allow view source.
NMS
6-7-04, 07:31 AM
When my temp files where so full, the notepad would just not load and I never got erros!
TERRELL
6-10-04, 05:07 PM
As sahajin pointed out, empty your browser cache and Windows temp folder. It is either corrupted or simply too full to allow view source.
I've done a google search on how to empty browser cache tools>internet options>delete files>ok... I even deleted offline content...

I'm still having that same problem... Cant open notepad :confused:

Whats wrong?
B&T
6-10-04, 05:10 PM
Did you empty your windows temp folder? I run a script at boot time that does that so I know it is a least drained on each reboot. But even then that will miss hidden files. So I still do it manually every now and then.

Check your system environment variables for the location of each user's temp folders. Should be 2 specified per user. May or may not be pointing to the same place.

You gotta love that error message. I bet Bill was up all night thinking up that one.
Skunkboy
6-10-04, 05:39 PM
Will it open without going through IE? Perhaps its a connection between IE and Notepad.

If you've done like me and trashed the link (because I prefer runline commands for some reason), [start] [run] notepad [ok]
sahajin
6-10-04, 05:40 PM
can you open notepad normally? if so then try updating or reinstalling IE.
NMS
6-10-04, 06:24 PM
Try and re-install IE or start using Mozilla