Posts Tagged ‘user profile’
Who should read this: Readers might want an easy way to edit or view text files. A text file can be a lot of things. A file ending in .html is a text file but usually associated with another program such as an HTML editor. Using this trick will allow .html files to be edited in the Microsoft Windows Notepad application instead of a slower full blown HTML editor. Of course Notepad doesn’t do syntax checking so be careful editing files you are unsure of. Flash version of tutorial available.
- Double left-click the My Computer icon
- Double left-click the Windows folder
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Single right-click NOTEPAD.EXE from the list of files and folders
- Single left-click on Copy from the context menu/pop-up
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Single left-click the Up folder to go back
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Double left-click the Documents and Settings folder
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Double left-click the folder containing your user profile
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The folder containing my profile is called dell.
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Single right-click the SendTo folder
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Single left-click Paste from the context menu/pop-up
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Single left-click he X in the top right of the user profile windows to close and finish
More:
- Single right-click on a text file or a file you are unsure of.
- Single left-click on SendTo in the context menu (pop-up) that appears.
- Single left-click NOTEPAD.EXE to open the file you selected in the Notepad application.
Another reason to use this trick is that Notepad cannot activate or invoke viruses. Visual Basic Scripts (or VBScripts), ActiveX & JavaScripts will not run either. If you receive something in e-mail and you have a burning desire to look inside but you are unsure of who or where it came from. You can open that file in Notepad safely.
Files like FILE_ID.DIZ, README, README.1ST, autoexec.bat & config.sys are all examples of text files that might not be associated to any program. Using NOTEPAD.EXE as a SendTo option will allow easy access to view or edit these files.
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