Notepad Displaying Random Characters.


  1. shivampaw
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    Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit
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    Notepad Displaying Random Characters.


    Hi,

    I opened my txt file and I got a random code thing.

    I need the original text back!

    this is the text i get.

    OO xB[G }}
    If you need the txt file I will attach it in a reply.

    Thank You.
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  3. Pauly
    Posts : 2,573
    Win7 Ultimate X64
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    Go for it post the txt file will see how it opens
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  4. shivampaw
    Posts : 4
    Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit
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       New #3

    Here it is:
    Notepad Displaying Random Characters. Attached Files
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  6. Pauly
    Posts : 2,573
    Win7 Ultimate X64
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    Hmm same here

    ‡Ÿ—O„O† xB[Gžœ }}

    How was this file created ?
    was it made in notepad or copied over from another document like Word etc
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  7. shivampaw
    Posts : 4
    Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit
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    Made in notepad copied onto USB put onto new PC text comes like that.
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  8. Windows i7 920
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    To me it sounds like it got corrupted in the copying somehow.
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  10. shivampaw
    Posts : 4
    Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit
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       New #7

    DAMN

    This is very important is there any way to fix this?


    Also I have the same problem with word documents. (Below is a screenshot about the word problems.)
    Attached Thumbnails Attached Thumbnails Notepad Displaying Random Characters.-word-prob.png  
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