OK lets try again. Wordpad is not a very powerful word processor. It can open only four file formats (rtf, txt, doc and wri). I wasn't sure which formats it could handle so I opened Wordpad and clicked on Open File icon and found that the above four file types listed. You can use this procedure with many programs to find out which type files the program uses. If you are trying to open other file types with Wordpad it will not work.

Once you get an inappropriate file association established, Windows will always attempt to open that file type with the program you have designated. That is why you have to go to the to the location I specified to delete the file type that is giving you a problem.

To do that, (I am using XP Pro) open Windows Explorer. Now click on Tools and then Folder Options. Next click on the File Types tab. Now scroll down the page and find the txt entry. Highlight and click on Change button. Now select Wordpad in the window that opens. If it is not there, locate it using the Browse button.

I just used this proceedure to change my from Notepad to Wordpad. I found Wordpad in Program Files>Windows NT> Wordpad.exe. If you are using a different OS we may have to get someone else to provide "step by step" instructions.

Good Luck.