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You are of course correct George - it is WE and not IE.
I note what you say re the Registry - this is probably why I have failed to
find anything in spite of very many hours spent looking for something.
As Notepad is part of the core programs of XP I am reluctant to consider a
"hack" - especially as this would in all likelyhood be removed unseen during
one of the automatic "Updates".
Thanks for sharing your thoughts - Oakchips
"George Hester" wrote:
> You are not working from an "IE Folder" in my suggestion you are working
> from Windows Explorer.
>
> OK I know what you are saying but unfortunately that cannot be done. There
> is not registry setting(s) for this. Not everything depends on the
> registry. When Microsoft made notepad.exe they designed it the way you see
> bring up files of type txt first. The only way to change that is to hack
> the code of notepad.exe. Namely redesign that Window.
>
> --
> George Hester
> _______________________________
> "Oakchips" <Oakchips@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:6C969700-9A9A-4F9E-847E-46A36B6DFFF9@microsoft.com...
> > Thanks George - I use Notepad to write and update the html webpage code
> for
> > several sites.
> >
> > I need to cut, copy & paste between several pages in several folders
> > sequentially ( rarely the same sequence though ) eg in changing the script
> > for a navigation bar and copying the changes across several sites.
> >
> > It's too easy to lose track of what I have modified and what I have not if
> I
> > try to work from an IE folder and use the "sendto" to open the files in
> > Notepad.
> >
> > There are other editors / programs - I could even use Macromedia to write
> > the pages, but for simple basic control I prefer Notepad ( it doesn't try
> to
> > "second-guess" me or change all my folder hierarchy all the time ).
> >
> > It would just simply make my clicking life much easier if the default
> first
> > fileopen type was "All Files" / *.* instead of "Text Files" / *.Txt - then
> I
> > would see the entire file listing in the folder and be able with only one
> > click to select the one I needed ( which in all probability has an *.html
> > extension ).
> >
> > Thanks again - Oakchips
> >
> > "George Hester" wrote:
> >
> > > Why don't you just put notepad in your sendto? Then you can just
> > > right-click the file and send it to notepad open right up.
> > >
> > > --
> > > George Hester
> > > _______________________________
> > > "Oakchips" <Oakchips@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > > news:20682881-9F4D-4FF5-9FC7-A41D39C5AD14@microsoft.com...
> > > > How do I change the default "FileOpen" from "*.txt" to "All Files" ?
> This
> > > > simple change will save much repetitive clicking when moving between
> > > *.html
> > > > files as they are not displayed until the "All Files" is entered.
> > > > Thanks.
> > >
> > >
>
>
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