[UK-CONTEST] Opening files with Wintest not

[Dave Sergeant]

On 14 Jan 2008 at 20:25, Mike Harris wrote:

> Or open notepad first, then navigate to the file you want to open
> after selecting all files.  Notepad is a dumb editor and will open
> anything.  It might not make much sense but it will display.  File
> size could be a problem, in that case use wordpad.  In fact I believe
> notepad will tell you the file is too big and suggest wordpad which is
> just as dumb but has a bigger appetite.  A 3MB binary looks real odd.
> 

Chris never told us the extension of the files which opened in 
WinTest instead of in Notepad. First thing you should ALWAYS do with 
any Windows PC is to go into Windows Explorer (or if you insist 'My 
Computer'), go to Tools/FolderOptions/View and uncheck 'Hide 
extensions for known filetypes', and check 'show hidden files and 
folders'. Then tell us the extension. Never understand how people 
work if they can't see what filetype they are dealing with. I expect 
you have also got it to show everything as meaningless icons instead 
of the more useful 'details' view.

Notepad, never use it. I use Notepad++ these days, before that 
Notepad+. And on my PC I have set it up so I just right click and 
select 'Open with Notepad++'.

Obviously the file extensions for the files Chris had problems with 
had got changed to open with WinTest. You can in any case right 
click, choose OpenWith and select a program or 'choose program' where 
you can opt to 'always open with this program'.

Easy...

73 Dave G3YMC

http://www.davesergeant.com