There is no line for XP on ANY program installed on XP! XP
only has this, so that's why you won't find it in the
drop-down
selections. Why would you need to run XP, in an XP
compatibility mode? 
You don't need to do all that. Just right click any
text/.txt
file and "Open with...", then choose what you
want under
"Choose program" and check the box to always use
that program
to open those types of files.
Why is there so much white space between your paragraphs?
HA!
I see you just posted something on that. Well I have no
idea
why it's happening. If you're still going through all
those
multiple complicated steps to reply to a post, instead of
just
clicking "Reply", it's no wonder. I've
mentioned to you
before, just click "Reply" on the email and just
keep in the
email the post to which you want to reply. (And of course
remove the footer and copy 'n paste the correct subject
line).
This is assuming you're still on Digest.
-Clint
God Bless
Clint Hamilton, Owner
http://OrpheusComputing.c
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Harold B."
> Harold, that reminds me if it's made to use on Win95,
you can
> try changing
> the compatibility mode. Right click the program's main
.exe
> file (the file
> that launches the app) and go to
"Properties", then open the
> "Compatibility" tab, then check the box
under "Compatibility
> mode" and
> change the drop-down to Win2k, or NT, or '95. I've
had some
> old programs
> work fine on XP after doing that.\
> Notepad replacements have many more features than the
basic
> Notepad. I use
> Metapad for example, and unlike Notepad; any URL's in
it are
> clickable,
> there's and advanced "Find" and
"Find and replace with..."
> function and
> "Find word" (highlighted word or phrase),
Status bar WITH
> line-wrap, any
> area in a file in it has line and column coordinates
(useful
> for counting
> entries and comparing data), right click and
"Make" all
> "lowercase, upper
> case, inverted case or titled case" and others,
and many
> other features.
> Most people may not have the need for that, but I use
those
> features for
> quick various types editing of text files, and HTML
code. ---
> Clint
Clint, the problem with Notepad+'s compatibility mode is
that
there is no
line for Windows XP ... it only lists Win 95, 98, ME, NT,
and
2000. If you
know where to go from there, let me know. I've seen others
too:
1st Page,
ConText, DocPad, ShalomTxt, Win32pad, Xpad ...
<http://www.snapfiles.com/Freeware/webpublish/fwtext.
html> ...
the list goes
on and on and they're all good. I've had the Metapad exe
file
for a long
time (in the flash drive storage box) and using Notepad+ for
years - habit,
habit, habit. Metapad looks good (considering that it seems
Notepad+ is not
for Win98); just tell me how to install it in XP
What's interesting with Windows XP is that the Notepad exe
file
is found in
two places: Windows and System32. And in neither directory
can
they be
deleted or name changed (why is it found in two places?). In
Win98, it was
only found in the Windows directory. The way I made Notepad+
the default
editor In Win98 was as follows:
1. Create a Temp folder in C:\
2. COPY the original Notepad from Windows to that temp
folder
3. Change the name of Notepad (in the temp folder) to
NotepadOld.
4. Then overwrite the one in Windows with Notepad+
5. Then put NotepadOld back into Windows (should you
ever
want to use
the original one)
6. Then make appropriate shortcuts in Start menu.
7. Then I'd go to the Notepad+ shortcut, to
Properties,
and put an N in
the "Shortcut key" box.
8. Voila ... Notepad+ opens with Ctrl+Alt+N
Does anyone know how to achieve this in Win XP? ... Harold
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