Microsoft KB Archive/227479

= Windows 2000 Installs Two Copies of the Notepad Tool =

Article ID: 227479

Article Last Modified on 2/23/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Edition
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server

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This article was previously published under Q227479



SUMMARY
When you install Windows 2000 and you dual-boot to Windows 3.1, you may have two copies of the Notepad tool on your computer. The Notepad.exe files are found in the following folders

\%SystemRoot%\

\%SystemRoot%\System32\

where %SystemRoot% is the folder where you installed Windows.



MORE INFORMATION
This behavior is by design for compatibility with earlier versions of Windows. Windows 2000 is designed to provide dual-boot capabilities with Microsoft Windows 3.1 and share the same installation folder. The default location for the Notepad tool in Windows 3.1 is \%SystemRoot%\ and in Windows 2000 it is \%SystemRoot%\System32\.

Keywords: kbinfo kbnofix KB227479

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