PCWorks: Re: Notepad+ not always opening

>>> 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. ---
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. 
>> <snip> --- Harold

> 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. --- Clint

Eureka, the problem is fixed. I gave the "Open
with" another chance and this 
time it worked. What was happening before was that (for some
reason I'll 
never know), the check box, "Always use the selected
program..." was grayed 
out. Now, for some unexplained reason, I'm able to check
it. I brought the 
Notepad+ shortcut into the Start menu, gave it's
"shortcut key" box in 
Properties the big N, and all is working fine. Sometimes I
think this 
computer has a life of its own, and if this were Twilight
Zone, I'd be 
having a relationship with it.

The five steps I mentioned earlier (copy and overwriting
etc.) can be used 
in Windows98 if you want to always have the option of using
both Notepad+ 
and the original Notepad at any time. Regarding that
compatibility mode, 
maybe I'm reading it wrong. Although the step is
unnecessary now, I read 
(first paragraph above) that I should go to the exe file of
Notepad+ (which 
I put in Program Files), right click, Properties,
Compatibility tab, and 
make it compatible for this XP I have.

Now you say (third paragraph above) that there is no line
for XP. So why 
would I be going to the Compatibility tab if I can't make
Notepad+ 
compatible with XP? I'm sure I'm reading it wrong, and
it's a moot point now 
because "open with" made it work. So I thank
Clint for this round of private 
tutoring, for reminding me of Metapad and calling
"compatibility mode" to my 
attention. I always thank Hugh for his idea of the
"1st Page" editor 
(someday I'll learn how to use it), and thanks to PCWorks
for making all 
this learning possible. --- Happy ending  
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>>> 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. ---
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. 
>> <snip> --- Harold

> 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. --- Clint

Eureka, the problem is fixed. I gave the "Open
with" another chance and this 
time it worked. What was happening before was that (for some
reason I'll 
never know), the check box, "Always use the selected
program..." was grayed 
out. Now, for some unexplained reason, I'm able to check
it. I brought the 
Notepad+ shortcut into the Start menu, gave it's
"shortcut key" box in 
Properties the big N, and all is working fine. Sometimes I
think this 
computer has a life of its own, and if this were Twilight
Zone, I'd be 
having a relationship with it.

The five steps I mentioned earlier (copy and overwriting
etc.) can be used 
in Windows98 if you want to always have the option of using
both Notepad+ 
and the original Notepad at any time. Regarding that
compatibility mode, 
maybe I'm reading it wrong. Although the step is
unnecessary now, I read 
(first paragraph above) that I should go to the exe file of
Notepad+ (which 
I put in Program Files), right click, Properties,
Compatibility tab, and 
make it compatible for this XP I have.

Now you say (third paragraph above) that there is no line
for XP. So why 
would I be going to the Compatibility tab if I can't make
Notepad+ 
compatible with XP? I'm sure I'm reading it wrong, and
it's a moot point now 
because "open with" made it work. So I thank
Clint for this round of private 
tutoring, for reminding me of Metapad and calling
"compatibility mode" to my 
attention. I always thank Hugh for his idea of the
"1st Page" editor 
(someday I'll learn how to use it), and thanks to PCWorks
for making all 
this learning possible. --- Happy ending  
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>>> 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. ---
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. 
>> <snip> --- Harold

> 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. --- Clint

Eureka, the problem is fixed. I gave the "Open
with" another chance and this 
time it worked. What was happening before was that (for some
reason I'll 
never know), the check box, "Always use the selected
program..." was grayed 
out. Now, for some unexplained reason, I'm able to check
it. I brought the 
Notepad+ shortcut into the Start menu, gave it's
"shortcut key" box in 
Properties the big N, and all is working fine. Sometimes I
think this 
computer has a life of its own, and if this were Twilight
Zone, I'd be 
having a relationship with it.

The five steps I mentioned earlier (copy and overwriting
etc.) can be used 
in Windows98 if you want to always have the option of using
both Notepad+ 
and the original Notepad at any time. Regarding that
compatibility mode, 
maybe I'm reading it wrong. Although the step is
unnecessary now, I read 
(first paragraph above) that I should go to the exe file of
Notepad+ (which 
I put in Program Files), right click, Properties,
Compatibility tab, and 
make it compatible for this XP I have.

Now you say (third paragraph above) that there is no line
for XP. So why 
would I be going to the Compatibility tab if I can't make
Notepad+ 
compatible with XP? I'm sure I'm reading it wrong, and
it's a moot point now 
because "open with" made it work. So I thank
Clint for this round of private 
tutoring, for reminding me of Metapad and calling
"compatibility mode" to my 
attention. I always thank Hugh for his idea of the
"1st Page" editor 
(someday I'll learn how to use it), and thanks to PCWorks
for making all 
this learning possible. --- Happy ending  
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>>> 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. ---
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. 
>> <snip> --- Harold

> 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. --- Clint

Eureka, the problem is fixed. I gave the "Open
with" another chance and this 
time it worked. What was happening before was that (for some
reason I'll 
never know), the check box, "Always use the selected
program..." was grayed 
out. Now, for some unexplained reason, I'm able to check
it. I brought the 
Notepad+ shortcut into the Start menu, gave it's
"shortcut key" box in 
Properties the big N, and all is working fine. Sometimes I
think this 
computer has a life of its own, and if this were Twilight
Zone, I'd be 
having a relationship with it.

The five steps I mentioned earlier (copy and overwriting
etc.) can be used 
in Windows98 if you want to always have the option of using
both Notepad+ 
and the original Notepad at any time. Regarding that
compatibility mode, 
maybe I'm reading it wrong. Although the step is
unnecessary now, I read 
(first paragraph above) that I should go to the exe file of
Notepad+ (which 
I put in Program Files), right click, Properties,
Compatibility tab, and 
make it compatible for this XP I have.

Now you say (third paragraph above) that there is no line
for XP. So why 
would I be going to the Compatibility tab if I can't make
Notepad+ 
compatible with XP? I'm sure I'm reading it wrong, and
it's a moot point now 
because "open with" made it work. So I thank
Clint for this round of private 
tutoring, for reminding me of Metapad and calling
"compatibility mode" to my 
attention. I always thank Hugh for his idea of the
"1st Page" editor 
(someday I'll learn how to use it), and thanks to PCWorks
for making all 
this learning possible. --- Happy ending  
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