I have anOdd Optiplex GX1 Win 98SE Problem

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I have an Optiplex GX1 with Win 98SE. If I create a new folder and try
to open .txt files in it by clicking on the file, I received a error
message that the "this file could not be found; check path and file
name. If I open Wordpad and then browse to the file it opens ok. If I
move the file to an preexisting folder it will open fine.
What would cause this?
Thanks
Chuck

 

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Correct your association.

Your problem with files is caused by a poor association not
accounting for spaces.
Explorer-View-Folder Options-File Types
Find the association.
Edit, highlight Open, Edit again and put a space and "%1" (including
the quotation marks) in the application so it looks like this
(assuming the same path)

C:\Progra~1\Access~1\WORDPAD.EXE "%1"

....Alan
--
Alan Edwards, MS MVP W95/98 Systems
http://dts-l.org/index.html

In microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion, KA6UUP <ka6uup@pacbell.net>
wrote:

>I have an Optiplex GX1 with Win 98SE. If I create a new folder and try
>to open .txt files in it by clicking on the file, I received a error
>message that the "this file could not be found; check path and file
>name. If I open Wordpad and then browse to the file it opens ok. If I
>move the file to an preexisting folder it will open fine.
>What would cause this?
>Thanks
>Chuck