Problem with Notepad of all things

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Suddenly when I try to open notepad, I get an error window saying:

Notepad has stopped working. A problem caused the program to stop
working. Windows will close the program and notify you if a solution
is available - which there isn't.

Any idea what has gone wrong? Maybe I am going to find other apps
with similar trouble - I hope not.

Thanks
-GECKO
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