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can't open .txt file from Windows Explorer
Thank you. That does make it more clear to me. I guess I was misusing the
quotes when I tried it before. "Gary S. Terhune" wrote: Just so you understand, when the command line is not in DOS 8.3 format then it is often necessary to enclose the command in double-quotes, particularly if any names in the path include spaces (like "Program Files".) All files and folders in Windows 9x have DOS 8.3-compliant names even if you don't see them DOS 8.3 simply means that the name is no longer than 8 characters and the extension no longer than three characters.) So, you can either do what Ron suggested and only use the DOS 8.3 names, or you can enclose the command in double-quotes -- but do not include the switches within the quotes. Thus, either one of the following commands, exactly as I've written them, would work. "c:\program files\accessories\wordpad.exe" %1 or c:\progra~1\access~1\wordpad.exe %1 -- Gary S. Terhune MS MVP Shell/User "jms" wrote in message ... OK, by finally adding the "1%" it works, when I tried to add it before it would not work. Thanks for staying with me and helping with this. "Gary S. Terhune" wrote: Very simply, the FileType entry is incorrect. That is why we've been asking you to report *exactly* what is entered into the properties of the filetype for the extension you're working with. Assuming that it's the TXT extension, look in FileTypes tab of Folder Options for "Tex Document". Click on Edit, then click on Open (assuming Open is bolded, which I assume it is.) Click on Edit again and tell us what is listed there. Do you see the extensions of files like TXT and EXE, etc., when browsing files in Windows Explorer? -- Gary S. Terhune MS MVP Shell/User "jms" wrote in message ... I start off opening word pad, click on the open new document, in the dialogue box select text document, OK, then just paste what is in clipboard. I then have most of the formatting unless the horses name is very short in which case I have to insert some tabs to get that line to line up in columns with other lines. But, we are getting off the subject, I think. I want to click on the filename in Explorer and open the file. The wordpad program starts, but I get a dialog box thas says: C:\My Cannot find this file. Please verify that the correct path and file name are given. Shouldn't the line C:\My actually read C:\My Documents That is my question. Thanks for your help. "Gary S. Terhune" wrote: Hey, all I can say is that my Win98 WordPad does the same thing when copying from IE to WordPad. My *guess* is that when you copy from IE to the Clipboard (which is where Copied stuff gets temporarily stored) it copies not just the rendered items (text, images, other objects) but rather also copies the underlying code. When you Paste that stuff into Notepad, the OLE procedures rightly only paste rendered text, though just how that works I can't say. Not my department. But if you paste it into MSWord, it will take some time and eventually render it as seen on the website. If I save that, and then copy from that Word doc into WordPad, it works. Fact is, I can't copy the text from this message I'm writing in OE into WordPad, not even after toggling the RichText/PlainText keys. Because it's simply not just the text that gets copied. Verdict: Unless it's due to having installed Word and/or other Office apps, I would have to conclude that this is just the way WordPad in Windows 98 is. The solution is to stop using word for this purpose and use something else. Meta-Pad or whatever (to get around the limitations of Notepad.) But you lost me on the rest. Once you have the rendered plain text pasted into WordPad, however you manage it, you then do what? Save it as Plain text (TXT) file? In WordPad's Save or SaveAs dialogue, do you choose Plain text from the drop-down menu, or just name it brisbet.txt, or what? Also, TXT files are not normally associated with WordPad, but that seems to be what you expect. So we're back to the FileType issue -- what, exactly, do you have in your FileType listing for TXT files? -- Gary S. Terhune MS MVP Shell/User "jms" wrote in message ... I am going to Brisbet.com, I have an account there. On second page choose a track. On next page choose pools. It give you a table of odds for the horses in the race. If I right click and "select all" then copy, then paste in Wordpad document using "text document" everything is pretty well lined up, I may have to insert a few tabs. But, it will not show up in the Wordpad document if I use IE. So I use Firefox and It will. But, my problem then is when I later go into Explorer and click on the name of the file I chose to save under it won't open. But, it will open if I open Wordpad first and then open the file I want. Thanks for your help. "Gary S. Terhune" wrote: "jms" wrote in message ... First, thank you for your help. WordPad is installed. I can first open WordPad and then identify the file I want to open and it will open OK. It's only when I click on the file in Explorer that I have the problem. Does that apply to *all* TXT files you try to open by double-clicking? Also, you didn't tell me the full path to your WordPad.exe, to verify what command should be used in the FileType. The files I have the problem with are information I have copied from the internet that has a little bit of formatting, tabs, spacing, etc., that I want to retain. I have been doing this so long I don't remember if I ever tried notpad. The only other thing I know is that if I copy the same information using Windows Internet Explorer it will not retain the formating, that is why I use the copy command in Firefox. Maybe this is the problem, however this works OK in windows XP but not the the machine I am currently using which is 98SE. Again, thanks. If they include formatting, then they shouldn't be saved as TXT files. they should probably be saved as RTF or DOC. Tell you the truth, I'm a bit lost regarding what you're trying to do. Do you have an example web page I could look at? And can you tell me precisely what steps you use, both in IE and in FF? When I, for example, highlight stuff in IE and then Ctr-C to copy and Ctrl-V to paste into a new WordPad document, all formatting, links, etc., are fairly well maintained, with teh exception of image placeholders and tables getting out of whack. -- Gary S. Terhune MS MVP Shell/User "Gary S. Terhune" wrote: Possibly, you haven't got WordPad installed. It's an optional item in Add/Remove Program, Windows Setup tab, Accessories section (highlight Accessories and click on Details.) Use find to look for WordPad.exe. Does it exist on your machine? If so, what's the pull path to it? Note that normally, TXT files open with Notepad unless they are over 64KB, in which case you are prompted to use WordPad. Do you really want your TXT files associated with WordPad, or do you want things to be the way they're "supposed" to be? Note that editing certain types of plain text files in WordPad instead of Notepad, specifically system configuration files, scripts, etc., can cause them to not work anymore, since WordPad will insert formatting characters that mess things up if it's not set correctly. IOW, it's much safer to use Notepad for most TXT or other plain text files. -- Gary S. Terhune MS MVP Shell/User |
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