Problem with app 1 notepad PLEASE HELP

When I open up any of the application files, they open into notepad with some weird coding. I know this cant be right Please help thanks.

It should only be an .exe file. Try downloading it again, maybe your copy is corrupt. However, that's what executables look like if you open them in notepad ;)

Its garbage in notepad bc you are looking at compiled code.

Quick overview (and VERY BASIC)

You type a .c program you compile .c program
that then goes down to an assembly level where it is converted to machine code and the computer reads it as 1's or 0's thats it.

What you need is a tool called OLLY dbg, which will read/modify the asm version of the code. Thats where you will find the passwords.