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Change file association
Name: Peter Date: January 25, 2000 at 15:45:46 Pacific
Comment:
Every time i tried to open any .txt file in windows Explorer it's automatic call notepad to open it, is there the other way that i can change it to wordpad?. Thanks.
Name: Peter Date: January 25, 2000 at 16:34:44 Pacific
Reply:
To change a file association, open up "my computer" or windows nt explorer.
Click on View, then select "Options..." at the bottom of the view menu. This brings up the view options dialog box.
Select the tab marked "File Types" and scroll down until you see "Text Document"
Select this item and click on edit. You should see two "Actions", an Open action and a Print Action. Click on edit for either of these. This will bring up another dialog box and from this one you can change the association.
Hopes this helps. Peter
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Response Number 2
Name: Peronnik Date: January 26, 2000 at 05:53:29 Pacific
Reply:
Ther is a easier way: select a txt file withe your left mouse button. hold down the shift key. klik the selected .txt file with the right mouse button. Choose Open with... scrol down the list and Choose Wordpad, ore Write ore something and press OK.
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