Accidently deleted wordpad!

Factual Questions
1

Wooops.

Tried to fix my computer, and deleted wordpad and internet explorer.

Is there anywhere where I can download a new copy? I can’t find it on microsft.ie.

2

Do you still have your O/S CD? You can reinstall Wordpad from there.

IE is easily available.

3

Oh I got IE already, its wordpad thats the hard one.

I don’t have the disks AFAIK

4

Just restore Windows to a point before you accidently deleted Wordpad.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/306084

5

Did you really delete the application or just the icon? Hit Start —> Run —> type “wordpad” and see it it opens.

6

It worked…
…that’s weird.

I mean I’m glad it’s there, but damn, Microsoft suck at cleaning tools.
One final question.
How do I restore the shortcut?
Thanks for all the replies btw.

7

Navigate to C:\WINDOWS\system32 and locate wordpad.exe. Right-click it and select “Copy” then go your desktop (or wherever you want to place the shortcut), right-click and select “Paste shortcut.”

8

CRAP!

Just realised it is actually gone after all. I was really tired and was using my PC and not my laptop when I replied.

So back to square one.

9

Found this alternative.

10

EDIT: Fixed it.

For the record - even if Wordpad is deleted, it can be reinstalled from Add/Remove Programs.

Thanks to everyone for helping.

11

Thanks GuanoLad, but I managed to get it working. Microsoft should be more careful in future
/Granny Weatherwax glare

12

I use Cetus WordPad. It adds a spellchecker and thesaurus.

13

I was going to say - losing wordpad is not really that big a disaster, since its pretty rubbish anyway. Plenty of better alternatives out there for free.