At 09:16 PM 05/20/2000, kgs wrote: *************START OF ORIGINAL MESSAGE TEXT************* 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 **************END OF ORIGINAL MESSAGE TEXT************** 1) Open Explorer (WinKey+E) 2) Click on "View" in the Menu Bar 3) Chose "Folder Options" 4) Click on "File Types" 5) Go down the list until you see "Text Document" 6) Click "Edit" 7) Click on "Open With" 8) Click on "Edit" 9) In "Application used to perform action", either type in the path to the program/utility you want to use as the "default text viewer", or click "browse" and navigate to the drive/directory/file that you want to use. I can't understand WHY NotePad won't work, even if you DID install Norton AV! That SHOULD have no effect on NotePad, but, as I've said before, Norton DOES do strange things! EXACTLY what DOES happen when you try to open a text file? Maybe if we knew this, we could home in on the problem. SgtGeorge

> >I can't understand WHY NotePad won't work, even if you DID install Norton >AV! That SHOULD have no effect on NotePad, but, as I've said before, >Norton DOES do strange things! > >EXACTLY what DOES happen when you try to open a text file? Maybe if we >knew this, we could home in on the problem. > >SgtGeorge I wish I knew what happened but, after I tried to install Norton AV, notepad does not work. Notepad will not even try to open, in fact it is grayed out on the menu. The thing I miss most is being able to "view source" when looking at web sites html code. This function has not worked since the botched episode with Norton. I am not computer literate I only know that the install went "south" taking notepad down in the process. Word Pad still works and I have Word Perfect and MS Word but don't know if there is a way to use any of them in place of NotePad. I don't really mine losing NotePad I just want the capability to view source back, if possible with out having to replace the computer just now. Any ideas from you guru's out there? Kay

At 02:31 PM 05/22/2000, kgs wrote: *************START OF ORIGINAL MESSAGE TEXT************* I can't understand WHY NotePad won't work, even if you DID install Norton AV! That SHOULD have no effect on NotePad, but, as I've said before, Norton DOES do strange things! EXACTLY what DOES happen when you try to open a text file? Maybe if we knew this, we could home in on the problem. SgtGeorge I wish I knew what happened but, after I tried to install Norton AV, notepad does not work. Notepad will not even try to open, in fact it is grayed out on the menu. The thing I miss most is being able to "view source" when looking at web sites html code. This function has not worked since the botched episode with Norton. I am not computer literate I only know that the install went "south" taking notepad down in the process. Word Pad still works and I have Word Perfect and MS Word but don't know if there is a way to use any of them in place of NotePad. I don't really mine losing NotePad I just want the capability to view source back, if possible with out having to replace the computer just now. Any ideas from you guru's out there? Kay **************END OF ORIGINAL MESSAGE TEXT************** I would try re-installing NotePad. Or, just find the file on your installation CD and copy it to the Windows directory. Maybe Norton deleted it! Although I don't know why it would. SgtGeorge