Windows can't find Wordpad from Run command line?

[Peach]

I am running Windows XP with SP1. I have just recently updated microsoft office and also installed Internet Explorer 8. After this, if I am trying to run Wordpad thne Windows cant fine it. After searching from the website I came to know that different occurrences of wordpad.exe but none of these reponds to run the dialog, even though they do work if I select the one straight from the search screen.

[Spykar]

Can you click on Start and then Run and then paste the below in it "C:\Program Files\Windows NT\Accessories\wordpad.exe". If the path is not in a path environment variable, then that means the file will not be found by checking in the registry for a list of commons path:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\

[Janos™]

There is a step by step gide that describers how you can manage the environment variables in Windows XP. Environment variables are strings that contain information about the environment for the system, and the currently logged on user. Some software programs use the information to determine where to place files (such as temporary files). Go to the below link for some more information:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310519