At 08:16 PM 5/20/00 -0500, you wrote: >I think it was on this list that I saw something about your "default text >viewer" ie NotePad. does anyone know how (with very easy terms) to >explain how to change the default text viewer to something else? > >Notepad does not work for me since I tried to install Norton >AV. bummer! I lost several things that I used a lot but no more! The >guy at the repair shops opinion is that the AV program was not compatible >with some files on the disk. I live and try to learn but I just keep >doing these, you would think I enjoy it. <g> >Kay First get a new computer guy. If they are any good they know this is not true. It is all in keeping your computer clean, and setup right. To set a new program as your *.txt program, start Explorer and go to the View menu item. Left click. On the drop down menu, select folder options. On the new window, select file types. Look for the text document type, and highlight it. That will show what opens that type of file. Read help on this window, and see the different ways you can change this selection. The way I do so, is select remove, and then try to open a *.txt file and when it asks what do you want to open it with, I tell it the executable file that I wish to use. I frequently use some freeware notepad type file that allows you to do many more things than Notepad. Like spell check. Jack
Jack, I just sent a reply that was so verbose I'm ashamed to acknowledge I sent it! Your solution is so much simpler and more elegant than mine! As to your suggestion that she "get a new computer guy", AMEN! What the "computer guy" said is pure BS! Kay has problems that AREN'T caused by Norton, in this case. Any good computer guy could do better than this. SgtGeorge At 10:33 PM 05/20/2000, Jack Henderson wrote: *************START OF ORIGINAL MESSAGE TEXT************* At 08:16 PM 5/20/00 -0500, you wrote: I think it was on this list that I saw something about your "default text viewer" ie NotePad. does anyone know how (with very easy terms) to explain how to change the default text viewer to something else? Notepad does not work for me since I tried to install Norton AV. bummer! I lost several things that I used a lot but no more! The guy at the repair shops opinion is that the AV program was not compatible with some files on the disk. I live and try to learn but I just keep doing these, you would think I enjoy it. <g> Kay First get a new computer guy. If they are any good they know this is not true. It is all in keeping your computer clean, and setup right. To set a new program as your *.txt program, start Explorer and go to the View menu item. Left click. On the drop down menu, select folder options. On the new window, select file types. Look for the text document type, and highlight it. That will show what opens that type of file. Read help on this window, and see the different ways you can change this selection. The way I do so, is select remove, and then try to open a *.txt file and when it asks what do you want to open it with, I tell it the executable file that I wish to use. I frequently use some freeware notepad type file that allows you to do many more things than Notepad. Like spell check. Jack **************END OF ORIGINAL MESSAGE TEXT**************