Windows 2000 Installs Two Copies of the Notepad Tool

ID: Q227479

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server
Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
Microsoft Windows 2000 Server

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\.

Additional query words:

Keywords : kbtool winnt
Version : WINDOWS:2000
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbinfo