accidentally clicked .inf file

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using win 98se, all updated. dell xpst-450, pent III 384 ram.
i accidentally clicked on some old .inf recovery files from hijackthis,
while attempting to move them into a folder. i think they just opened in
word pad. i also opened some files that needed me to set what program to
open them in, & i just closed them. what happens if you intentially double
click an .inf file? does it open in note or word pad?
thank you for any input.
len kiesling

 

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"Leonard F Kiesling" <lenny323@optonline-removetoreply-.net> wrote in
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> using win 98se, all updated. dell xpst-450, pent III 384 ram.
> i accidentally clicked on some old .inf recovery files from hijackthis,
> while attempting to move them into a folder. i think they just opened in
> word pad. i also opened some files that needed me to set what program to
> open them in, & i just closed them. what happens if you intentially double
> click an .inf file? does it open in note or word pad?

Normal Win98 response to a double click is to
execute the file, if executable -- as an INF file is.
Standard procedure with INF files is to right click
once and select action from the menu.

--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)

 

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Normal Win98 association will open .inf files in Notepad.
You can see that in Explorer-View-Folder Options-File Types if you
have a look as Setup Information files.

....Alan

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

In microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion, "Leonard F Kiesling"
<lenny323@optonline-removetoreply-.net> wrote:

>using win 98se, all updated. dell xpst-450, pent III 384 ram.
>i accidentally clicked on some old .inf recovery files from hijackthis,
>while attempting to move them into a folder. i think they just opened in
>word pad. i also opened some files that needed me to set what program to
>open them in, & i just closed them. what happens if you intentially double
>click an .inf file? does it open in note or word pad?
>thank you for any input.
>len kiesling
>

 

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thank you for reply. & teaching me where to look for the file types opening
program. i learn from you folks all the time! i like microsoft. len kiesling

"Alan Edwards" <edwards@southcom.com.au> wrote in message
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> Normal Win98 association will open .inf files in Notepad.
> You can see that in Explorer-View-Folder Options-File Types if you
> have a look as Setup Information files.
>
> ...Alan
>
> --
> Alan Edwards, MS MVP W95/98 Systems
> http://dts-l.org/index.html
>
> In microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion, "Leonard F Kiesling"
> <lenny323@optonline-removetoreply-.net> wrote:
>
> >using win 98se, all updated. dell xpst-450, pent III 384 ram.
> >i accidentally clicked on some old .inf recovery files from hijackthis,
> >while attempting to move them into a folder. i think they just opened in
> >word pad. i also opened some files that needed me to set what program to
> >open them in, & i just closed them. what happens if you intentially
double
> >click an .inf file? does it open in note or word pad?
> >thank you for any input.
> >len kiesling
> >
>