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  #11  
Old August 23rd 08, 11:50 PM posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
Gary S. Terhune[_2_]
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That's not good. Just saving certain TMP files in WordPad can wreck them.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
http://grystmill.com

"DaffyD®" wrote in message
...
The "open" default program on my system is
C:\PROGRA~1\ACCESS~1\WORDPAD.EXE
"%1"

"Bill in Co." wrote in message
...
I seriously doubt it. In fact, I'd be surprised if they're opened by
anything by default.

DaffyD® wrote:
Just curious. Are TMP files opened by wordpad.exe by default?
--
{ : [|]=( DaffyD®

If I knew where I was I'd be there now.







  #12  
Old August 23rd 08, 11:56 PM posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
Gary S. Terhune[_2_]
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You should delete the entire Key named:
HKEY_Classes_Root\.tmp

No more, no less.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
http://grystmill.com

"DaffyD®" wrote in message
...
I found the file. The string value is temp_auto_file. Does this get deleted
as well?

"Gary S. Terhune" none wrote in message
...
No. They should have NO association. In regedit, find

HKEY_Classes_Root\.tmp
(not the leading period)and delete it.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
http://grystmill.com

"DaffyD®" wrote in message
...
Just curious. Are TMP files opened by wordpad.exe by default?
--
{ : [|]=( DaffyD®

If I knew where I was I'd be there now.








  #13  
Old August 24th 08, 08:32 AM posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
Dan
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I like 98SE because I am a fairly good computer user and I see computers as
powerful machines and not toys. I want to be in charge of my machine and I
do not want someone in charge of me while I am connected to a domain and the
case of the hacking in May-October 2007 of the Albuquerque Public School
Network in Albuquerque, New Mexico destroyed XP SP2 fully updated because the
NT source code is not there because it lacks the maintenance operating system
and focuses on external security and not internal safety. In addition, XP
has remote access built in so that anyone with the right hardware, software
and skills can crack without too much trouble if the computer is not properly
configured, updated and protected by the user. This should not have to
always be farmed out to IT thus the importance of general licensing for all
computer users in my opinion. The neophtye that sees a computer as a toy can
just go ahead with Apple for all I care and enjoy them apples until it breaks
or is compromised and then breaks. grin

"DaffyD®" wrote:

Why would you like an OS "where users do it themselves and can destroy
themselves and the os in the process if they are too dumb or not careful
enough"? It seems that an OS where the neophtye is locked out of making
system changes would be preferable.

"Dan" wrote in message
...
That is what I like about 98 Second Edition, Bill in Co. --- users do it
themselves and can destroy themselves and the os in the process if they

are
too dumb or not careful enough. I also like Gary's attitude towards

TweakUI
that he does not use it because he does it all manually himself from

another
98 general posting. This is the best way to be, I feel but I know that I

am
not at that level of expertise yet. I still do not have the Windows 98
Scripting Host installed. I do not want scripts automatically written

that
could destroy my 98 Second Edition. grin

In addition, I have now turned off automatic updates within XP

Professional
Service Pack 3, I know about patch Tuesday the second Tuesday of every

month
and I check at other times as well just to be safe. The question I am

always
asking myself of XP Updates is will this break XP, will this fully trash

my
os, what will this update break if anything, etc.

"Bill in Co." wrote:

I seriously doubt it. In fact, I'd be surprised if they're opened by
anything by default.

DaffyD® wrote:
Just curious. Are TMP files opened by wordpad.exe by default?
--
{ : [|]=( DaffyD®

If I knew where I was I'd be there now.






  #14  
Old August 27th 08, 01:32 AM posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
PCR
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DaffyD® wrote:
| I found the file. The string value is temp_auto_file. Does this get
| deleted as well?

I think you meant "TMP_auto_file". That's what what I had...

HKEY_Classes_Root\.tmp
@="TMP_auto_file"

The string is also found in...

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TMP_auto_file]
@="TMP File"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TMP_auto_file\shell]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TMP_auto_file\shell\open]
@=""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TMP_auto_file\shell\open\command]
@="c:\\windows\\NOTEPAD.EXE \"%1\""

Mine, you see, opened in Notepad. I probably set that myself-- but I
NEVER would SAVE any .tmp file that didn't look to be pure text after
opening it!

ANYHOW, to get rid of it, use the Folder Options remove button-- that
way gets it all! (But I wouldn't willy-nilly remove just anything from
there.)

| "Gary S. Terhune" none wrote in message
| ...
| No. They should have NO association. In regedit, find
| HKEY_Classes_Root\.tmp (not the leading period)and delete it.
|
| --
| Gary S. Terhune
| MS-MVP Shell/User
| http://grystmill.com
|
| "DaffyD®" wrote in message
| ...
| Just curious. Are TMP files opened by wordpad.exe by default?
| --
| { : [|]=( DaffyD®
|
| If I knew where I was I'd be there now.

--
Thanks or Good Luck,
There may be humor in this post, and,
Naturally, you will not sue,
Should things get worse after this,
PCR



  #15  
Old August 27th 08, 03:16 AM posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
Lee
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On Aug 26, 6:32*pm, "PCR" wrote:
DaffyD® wrote:

| I found the file. The string value is temp_auto_file. Does this get
| deleted as well?

I think you meant "TMP_auto_file". That's what what I had...

HKEY_Classes_Root\.tmp
@="TMP_auto_file"

The string is also found in...

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TMP_auto_file]
@="TMP File"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TMP_auto_file\shell]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TMP_auto_file\shell\open]
@=""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TMP_auto_file\shell\open\command]
@="c:\\windows\\NOTEPAD.EXE \"%1\""

Mine, you see, opened in Notepad. I probably set that myself-- but I
NEVER would SAVE any .tmp file that didn't look to be pure text after
opening it!

ANYHOW, to get rid of it, use the Folder Options remove button-- that
way gets it all! (But I wouldn't willy-nilly remove just anything from
there.)

| "Gary S. Terhune" none wrote in message
...
| No. They should have NO association. In regedit, find
| HKEY_Classes_Root\.tmp (not the leading period)and delete it.
|
| --
| Gary S. Terhune
| MS-MVP Shell/User
|http://grystmill.com
|| "DaffyD®" wrote in message

...
| Just curious. *Are TMP files opened by wordpad.exe by default?
| --
| { : [|]=( *DaffyD®
|
| If I knew where I was I'd be there now.

--
Thanks or Good Luck,
There may be humor in this post, and,
Naturally, you will not sue,
Should things get worse after this,
PCR


Not necessarily PCR, just because you have it doesn't mean Daffy's
gots the same disease. But you are 100% right when you said that you
probably set that association yourself - which is my whole point to
this post.

All such "_auto_" entries in the registry were put there manually by
the nut behind the steering wheel so to speak. It gets done that way
when you use the Open With gizmo and check the "use this program
always" box. It's also the same way in which Windows can be tweaked
to provid for custom programs that need their associations to fire up
first. Apparently the underline character is first in line ahead of a
standard alpha character such that "jpg_auto_file" gets acted upon
before the standard "jpgfile" does just for an example. Yet the
original entry remains intact in the registry and a bit good
housecleaning can get one back to where things once were without too
much heartache. It's a pretty good system considering, except when
DaffyD forgets that he is the one that did it to himself - somehow.
  #16  
Old August 28th 08, 01:42 AM posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
PCR
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Lee wrote:
| On Aug 26, 6:32 pm, "PCR" wrote:
| DaffyD® wrote:
|
| | I found the file. The string value is temp_auto_file. Does this get
| | deleted as well?
|
| I think you meant "TMP_auto_file". That's what what I had...
|
| HKEY_Classes_Root\.tmp
| @="TMP_auto_file"
|
| The string is also found in...
|
| [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TMP_auto_file]
| @="TMP File"
|
| [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TMP_auto_file\shell]
|
| [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TMP_auto_file\shell\open]
| @=""
|
| [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TMP_auto_file\shell\open\command]
| @="c:\\windows\\NOTEPAD.EXE \"%1\""
|
| Mine, you see, opened in Notepad. I probably set that myself-- but I
| NEVER would SAVE any .tmp file that didn't look to be pure text after
| opening it!
|
| ANYHOW, to get rid of it, use the Folder Options remove button-- that
| way gets it all! (But I wouldn't willy-nilly remove just anything
| from there.)
|
| | "Gary S. Terhune" none wrote in message
| ...
| | No. They should have NO association. In regedit, find
| | HKEY_Classes_Root\.tmp (not the leading period)and delete it.
| |
| | --
| | Gary S. Terhune
| | MS-MVP Shell/User
| |http://grystmill.com
| || "DaffyD®" wrote in message
|
| ...
| | Just curious. Are TMP files opened by wordpad.exe by default?
| | --
| | { : [|]=( DaffyD®
| |
| | If I knew where I was I'd be there now.
|
| --
| Thanks or Good Luck,
| There may be humor in this post, and,
| Naturally, you will not sue,
| Should things get worse after this,
| PCR
|
|
| Not necessarily PCR, just because you have it doesn't mean Daffy's
| gots the same disease.

Not necessarily what? Do you think his could have been "TEMP" instead of
"TMP"?

| But you are 100% right when you said that you
| probably set that association yourself - which is my whole point to
| this post.
|
| All such "_auto_" entries in the registry were put there manually by
| the nut behind the steering wheel so to speak. It gets done that way
| when you use the Open With gizmo and check the "use this program
| always" box.

Yea, likely I did that. It messes nothing up in/of itself (I don't
think), but only determines what will open a .tmp file when one clicks
it oneself. Applications other than Notepad/Wordpad STILL will function
fine when they need to access that file type. HOWEVER, one NEVER should
SAVE the opened file-- that COULD mess the file up if it is other than
plain & unformatted text! Wordpad & some Notepad substitutes may put
formatting characters into the saved file!

| It's also the same way in which Windows can be tweaked
| to provid for custom programs that need their associations to fire up
| first.

If you use the Folder Options, File Types, Edit, requestor(s) to change
applications to perform the Actions-- it only will change what happens
when one clicks a file of that file type or extension. Also, it can
change what will happen when one R-Clks that file type & selects one one
of those options, if there are Actions for that. That's what I call a
complex one-- one that has multiple R-Clk possibilities like Print &
Edit.

I don't think the complex ones are a good candidate to use that "Always
use this program to open this type of file" option of "Open with..." on.
However, maybe it won't upset the other actions (I don't really know).
You can get "Open with..." back, you know, by holding shift while
R-Clking a file of a type that already has been set once. The other
thing I worry about is that "Always use..." wouldn't get the switches
right if it is other than "%1", like in...
c:\windows\NOTEPAD.EXE "%1"

| Apparently the underline character is first in line ahead of a
| standard alpha character such that "jpg_auto_file" gets acted upon
| before the standard "jpgfile" does just for an example. Yet the
| original entry remains intact in the registry and a bit good
| housecleaning can get one back to where things once were without too
| much heartache. It's a pretty good system considering, except when
| DaffyD forgets that he is the one that did it to himself - somehow.

..JPG, .JPEG, .JPE, .JFIF seems to be complex in a different way(s)-- it
makes use of DDE, it has multiple file types, & it has TWO registered
file types in Folder Options, File Types tab. They both are named JPEG
Image-- none of the two is named JPG File.

If one did an "Open with..." on one of those file types, one would get,
for instance, a "JPG File" listed in "Registered file types" window.
Probably that would give both keys...

HKEY_Classes_Root\.JPG
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\JPG_auto_file

....& removing "JPG File" would likely get rid of just those keys & leave
the "JPEG Image" keys intact. I'm not overly worried about that!

--
Thanks or Good Luck,
There may be humor in this post, and,
Naturally, you will not sue,
Should things get worse after this,
PCR



  #17  
Old August 30th 08, 01:38 AM posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
DaffyD®
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Thanks, Gary.

"Gary S. Terhune" none wrote in message
...
You should delete the entire Key named:
HKEY_Classes_Root\.tmp

No more, no less.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
http://grystmill.com

"DaffyD®" wrote in message
...
I found the file. The string value is temp_auto_file. Does this get

deleted
as well?

"Gary S. Terhune" none wrote in message
...
No. They should have NO association. In regedit, find

HKEY_Classes_Root\.tmp
(not the leading period)and delete it.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
http://grystmill.com

"DaffyD®" wrote in message
...
Just curious. Are TMP files opened by wordpad.exe by default?
--
{ : [|]=( DaffyD®

If I knew where I was I'd be there now.










  #18  
Old August 30th 08, 01:39 AM posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
DaffyD®
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I never do anything willy nilly, PCR, maybe wooly bully but not willy
nilly...

"PCR" wrote in message
...
DaffyD® wrote:
| I found the file. The string value is temp_auto_file. Does this get
| deleted as well?

I think you meant "TMP_auto_file". That's what what I had...

HKEY_Classes_Root\.tmp
@="TMP_auto_file"

The string is also found in...

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TMP_auto_file]
@="TMP File"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TMP_auto_file\shell]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TMP_auto_file\shell\open]
@=""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TMP_auto_file\shell\open\command]
@="c:\\windows\\NOTEPAD.EXE \"%1\""

Mine, you see, opened in Notepad. I probably set that myself-- but I
NEVER would SAVE any .tmp file that didn't look to be pure text after
opening it!

ANYHOW, to get rid of it, use the Folder Options remove button-- that
way gets it all! (But I wouldn't willy-nilly remove just anything from
there.)

| "Gary S. Terhune" none wrote in message
| ...
| No. They should have NO association. In regedit, find
| HKEY_Classes_Root\.tmp (not the leading period)and delete it.
|
| --
| Gary S. Terhune
| MS-MVP Shell/User
| http://grystmill.com
|
| "DaffyD®" wrote in message
| ...
| Just curious. Are TMP files opened by wordpad.exe by default?
| --
| { : [|]=( DaffyD®
|
| If I knew where I was I'd be there now.

--
Thanks or Good Luck,
There may be humor in this post, and,
Naturally, you will not sue,
Should things get worse after this,
PCR





  #19  
Old August 30th 08, 01:40 AM posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
DaffyD®
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"Lee" wrote in message
...
On Aug 26, 6:32 pm, "PCR" wrote:
DaffyD® wrote:

| I found the file. The string value is temp_auto_file. Does this get
| deleted as well?

I think you meant "TMP_auto_file". That's what what I had...

HKEY_Classes_Root\.tmp
@="TMP_auto_file"

The string is also found in...

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TMP_auto_file]
@="TMP File"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TMP_auto_file\shell]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TMP_auto_file\shell\open]
@=""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TMP_auto_file\shell\open\command]
@="c:\\windows\\NOTEPAD.EXE \"%1\""

Mine, you see, opened in Notepad. I probably set that myself-- but I
NEVER would SAVE any .tmp file that didn't look to be pure text after
opening it!

ANYHOW, to get rid of it, use the Folder Options remove button-- that
way gets it all! (But I wouldn't willy-nilly remove just anything from
there.)

| "Gary S. Terhune" none wrote in message
...
| No. They should have NO association. In regedit, find
| HKEY_Classes_Root\.tmp (not the leading period)and delete it.
|
| --
| Gary S. Terhune
| MS-MVP Shell/User
|http://grystmill.com
|| "DaffyD®" wrote in message

...
| Just curious. Are TMP files opened by wordpad.exe by default?
| --
| { : [|]=( DaffyD®
|
| If I knew where I was I'd be there now.

--
Thanks or Good Luck,
There may be humor in this post, and,
Naturally, you will not sue,
Should things get worse after this,
PCR


Not necessarily PCR, just because you have it doesn't mean Daffy's
gots the same disease. But you are 100% right when you said that you
probably set that association yourself - which is my whole point to
this post.

All such "_auto_" entries in the registry were put there manually by
the nut behind the steering wheel so to speak. It gets done that way
when you use the Open With gizmo and check the "use this program
always" box. It's also the same way in which Windows can be tweaked
to provid for custom programs that need their associations to fire up
first. Apparently the underline character is first in line ahead of a
standard alpha character such that "jpg_auto_file" gets acted upon
before the standard "jpgfile" does just for an example. Yet the
original entry remains intact in the registry and a bit good
housecleaning can get one back to where things once were without too
much heartache. It's a pretty good system considering, except when
DaffyD forgets that he is the one that did it to himself - somehow.

I probably did, but it may have been so long ago I can deny that it ever
happened.


  #20  
Old August 30th 08, 01:45 AM posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
DaffyD®
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Posts: 194
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"Bill in Co." wrote in message
...
I don't think thats the normal default, and I think Gary mentioned the

same.
I still think the default was (supposed to be) "no association", and that
maybe you changed it inadvertently. (I guess it doesn't hurt to leave
it, but why?)


I might have changed it but I can't remember doing this recently and this is
something that I've just noticed. I know that it really isn't a big deal but
when I see a change like this I like to put things back to default.

DaffyD® wrote:
The "open" default program on my system is
C:\PROGRA~1\ACCESS~1\WORDPAD.EXE
"%1"

"Bill in Co." wrote in message
...
I seriously doubt it. In fact, I'd be surprised if they're opened by
anything by default.

DaffyD® wrote:
Just curious. Are TMP files opened by wordpad.exe by default?
--
{ : [|]=( DaffyD®

If I knew where I was I'd be there now.





 




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