Designer editor

In the Edit module component window under the User Text tab, when I click on the Text editor button the designer window close by itself. But earlier I used to get the notepad editor with the code in it. I checked under the Options menu for Text editor options and I have %SystemRoot%\system32\NOTEPAD.EXE %1 for Text editor. I have not made any changes.
Thanks in advance
Edited by: linoise on Dec 23, 2008 11:02 AM

I had same problem !
and I found one unique solution :
to desinstall headstart and designer
and to reinstall after !
before , u could change in your registry
in hkey_local_machine>software>oracle>des2_71
the value of except_handling_on 0 to 1 !
after that , u could see what is exactly your
error !
and if u don't have solution , desinstall and
reinstall all !

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