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missing files
When I try to open a TMP OR LOG file, I get a message telling me that Windows
cannot open the file because of missing blank.exe. What does this mean? joni |
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Not all files have "file associations", executables that automatically
launch when you try to open the file. LOG and TMP files normally have no file associations. Instead, for LOG files, use NOTEPAD.EXE to read them. You can try that for the TMP files, too, but you may not be able to read them as they may not be in plain text. I can understand why you might want to read a LOG file, but why do you want to read TMP files? -- Gary S. Terhune MS MVP Shell/User "ranjoni" wrote in message ... When I try to open a TMP OR LOG file, I get a message telling me that Windows cannot open the file because of missing blank.exe. What does this mean? joni |
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Not all files have "file associations", executables that automatically
launch when you try to open the file. LOG and TMP files normally have no file associations. Instead, for LOG files, use NOTEPAD.EXE to read them. You can try that for the TMP files, too, but you may not be able to read them as they may not be in plain text. I can understand why you might want to read a LOG file, but why do you want to read TMP files? -- Gary S. Terhune MS MVP Shell/User "ranjoni" wrote in message ... When I try to open a TMP OR LOG file, I get a message telling me that Windows cannot open the file because of missing blank.exe. What does this mean? joni |
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Thank you for your help. I was actually trying to figure out whether I
needed these files in my Temporary folder or if they were just taking up space and checking their properties didn't really help. -- joni "Gary S. Terhune" wrote: Not all files have "file associations", executables that automatically launch when you try to open the file. LOG and TMP files normally have no file associations. Instead, for LOG files, use NOTEPAD.EXE to read them. You can try that for the TMP files, too, but you may not be able to read them as they may not be in plain text. I can understand why you might want to read a LOG file, but why do you want to read TMP files? -- Gary S. Terhune MS MVP Shell/User "ranjoni" wrote in message ... When I try to open a TMP OR LOG file, I get a message telling me that Windows cannot open the file because of missing blank.exe. What does this mean? joni |
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Thank you for your help. I was actually trying to figure out whether I
needed these files in my Temporary folder or if they were just taking up space and checking their properties didn't really help. -- joni "Gary S. Terhune" wrote: Not all files have "file associations", executables that automatically launch when you try to open the file. LOG and TMP files normally have no file associations. Instead, for LOG files, use NOTEPAD.EXE to read them. You can try that for the TMP files, too, but you may not be able to read them as they may not be in plain text. I can understand why you might want to read a LOG file, but why do you want to read TMP files? -- Gary S. Terhune MS MVP Shell/User "ranjoni" wrote in message ... When I try to open a TMP OR LOG file, I get a message telling me that Windows cannot open the file because of missing blank.exe. What does this mean? joni |
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When it comes to TEMP folders, anything that you *can* delete is safe to
delete. If you can't delete it, it's in use and you want to leave it alone. You might want to read my article, "Clean Boot -- What it is and why you need it." Has some useful info regarding the TEMP files. http://grystmill.com/articles/cleanboot.htm -- Gary S. Terhune MS MVP Shell/User "ranjoni" wrote in message ... Thank you for your help. I was actually trying to figure out whether I needed these files in my Temporary folder or if they were just taking up space and checking their properties didn't really help. -- joni "Gary S. Terhune" wrote: Not all files have "file associations", executables that automatically launch when you try to open the file. LOG and TMP files normally have no file associations. Instead, for LOG files, use NOTEPAD.EXE to read them. You can try that for the TMP files, too, but you may not be able to read them as they may not be in plain text. I can understand why you might want to read a LOG file, but why do you want to read TMP files? -- Gary S. Terhune MS MVP Shell/User "ranjoni" wrote in message ... When I try to open a TMP OR LOG file, I get a message telling me that Windows cannot open the file because of missing blank.exe. What does this mean? joni |
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When it comes to TEMP folders, anything that you *can* delete is safe to
delete. If you can't delete it, it's in use and you want to leave it alone. You might want to read my article, "Clean Boot -- What it is and why you need it." Has some useful info regarding the TEMP files. http://grystmill.com/articles/cleanboot.htm -- Gary S. Terhune MS MVP Shell/User "ranjoni" wrote in message ... Thank you for your help. I was actually trying to figure out whether I needed these files in my Temporary folder or if they were just taking up space and checking their properties didn't really help. -- joni "Gary S. Terhune" wrote: Not all files have "file associations", executables that automatically launch when you try to open the file. LOG and TMP files normally have no file associations. Instead, for LOG files, use NOTEPAD.EXE to read them. You can try that for the TMP files, too, but you may not be able to read them as they may not be in plain text. I can understand why you might want to read a LOG file, but why do you want to read TMP files? -- Gary S. Terhune MS MVP Shell/User "ranjoni" wrote in message ... When I try to open a TMP OR LOG file, I get a message telling me that Windows cannot open the file because of missing blank.exe. What does this mean? joni |
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The simplest way to have Notepad (or Wordpad or whatever) available for all files is
to add a shortcut to the SendTo folder so that Notepad appears in the right-click SendTo context menu of every file. Click Start Run, type: sendto |Click OK| Create a new shortcut to Notepad in the SendTo folder.....voila! -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+ http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "ranjoni" wrote in message ... Thank you for your help. I was actually trying to figure out whether I needed these files in my Temporary folder or if they were just taking up space and checking their properties didn't really help. -- joni "Gary S. Terhune" wrote: Not all files have "file associations", executables that automatically launch when you try to open the file. LOG and TMP files normally have no file associations. Instead, for LOG files, use NOTEPAD.EXE to read them. You can try that for the TMP files, too, but you may not be able to read them as they may not be in plain text. I can understand why you might want to read a LOG file, but why do you want to read TMP files? -- Gary S. Terhune MS MVP Shell/User "ranjoni" wrote in message ... When I try to open a TMP OR LOG file, I get a message telling me that Windows cannot open the file because of missing blank.exe. What does this mean? joni |
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The simplest way to have Notepad (or Wordpad or whatever) available for all files is
to add a shortcut to the SendTo folder so that Notepad appears in the right-click SendTo context menu of every file. Click Start Run, type: sendto |Click OK| Create a new shortcut to Notepad in the SendTo folder.....voila! -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+ http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "ranjoni" wrote in message ... Thank you for your help. I was actually trying to figure out whether I needed these files in my Temporary folder or if they were just taking up space and checking their properties didn't really help. -- joni "Gary S. Terhune" wrote: Not all files have "file associations", executables that automatically launch when you try to open the file. LOG and TMP files normally have no file associations. Instead, for LOG files, use NOTEPAD.EXE to read them. You can try that for the TMP files, too, but you may not be able to read them as they may not be in plain text. I can understand why you might want to read a LOG file, but why do you want to read TMP files? -- Gary S. Terhune MS MVP Shell/User "ranjoni" wrote in message ... When I try to open a TMP OR LOG file, I get a message telling me that Windows cannot open the file because of missing blank.exe. What does this mean? joni |
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i clikd on Windows in Explorer
Find *.jpg and was amazed at how many times Lindsey Lohan pics showed up in temp files no idea who did this, but did a lot of Deleting "Gary S. Terhune" wrote in message ... When it comes to TEMP folders, anything that you *can* delete is safe to delete. If you can't delete it, it's in use and you want to leave it alone. You might want to read my article, "Clean Boot -- What it is and why you need it." Has some useful info regarding the TEMP files. http://grystmill.com/articles/cleanboot.htm -- Gary S. Terhune MS MVP Shell/User "ranjoni" wrote in message ... Thank you for your help. I was actually trying to figure out whether I needed these files in my Temporary folder or if they were just taking up space and checking their properties didn't really help. -- joni "Gary S. Terhune" wrote: Not all files have "file associations", executables that automatically launch when you try to open the file. LOG and TMP files normally have no file associations. Instead, for LOG files, use NOTEPAD.EXE to read them. You can try that for the TMP files, too, but you may not be able to read them as they may not be in plain text. I can understand why you might want to read a LOG file, but why do you want to read TMP files? -- Gary S. Terhune MS MVP Shell/User "ranjoni" wrote in message ... When I try to open a TMP OR LOG file, I get a message telling me that Windows cannot open the file because of missing blank.exe. What does this mean? joni |
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