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.com ----- 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 ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
