Try removing the text extension from notepad and assign it to Word Pad.
That is what I did, and it works fine.
Mary B.
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At 03:27 PM 3/3/99 -0600, you wrote:
>Ah, so... I wonder if one could change the file association for text files
>to point to the maximizing shortcut instead of directly to NotePad...
>dern! I can make the shortcut and associate it with .txt files, but I get
>an error then trying to click (or press Enter) on .txt files in Explorer:
>"... not a valid Win32 application" or similar message. There should be a
>way, I would think, to do this. Any more ideas out there?
>
>--
>Doug Lee, Computer Instructor
>BLIND, Inc. (Blindness: Learning In New Dimensions)
>
>On Tue, 2 Mar 1999, Bob Kanish wrote:
>
>> Hi Karl and listers. If I am not mistaken this is a quirk in windows
whereby if you click on your shortcut to notepad that
>> shortcut is what tells windows to maximize notepad when it is opened.
However, when you double-click a text file to
>> open notepad you are not using the shortcut that tells windows to
maximize it and hence notepad openes in a normal
>> window.
>> --Bob
>> On Tue, 02 Mar 1999 09:36:07 -0700, Karl Smith wrote:
>>
>> >Hi Folks,
>> >
>> >I have my shortcut to notepad in my start menu set to maximize. For some
>> >reason though when i highlight a TXT file and press enter on it Notepad
>> >opens in a normal window requiring me to maximize it. Any idea why
this is?
>> >
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