Karl said:
Hi Lem,
Answer to Q.1) Yes, Wordpad opens.
2. After selecting properties, there is no shortcut tab. Tabs are:
General, Version, Compatibility and Summary tabs. (Note: At the bottom of
General tab it says: "Security: This file came from
another computer.... to protect this computer." Then a button: "Unblock".
Should I press this
Unblock button?
3. Yes, Wordpad opens, after a security warning to "RUN or Cancel".
Thanks so far, Karl
Oy! It gets more complicated.
The "Blocked" button and the security warning are intended to protect
users from themselves. Assuming that (a) you got Wordpad.exe from
Kellys Korner and/or (b) you have an up-to-date antivirus application
running, go ahead an click the Unblock button. Because I don't appear
to have that issue on my computer, I don't know whether you'll *always*
have to click the button or if clicking it once will do the trick.
Let's forget about the entry in Start > All Programs for a while,
anyway. What you want to do (I think) is to be able to double-click on
your *.rtf files and have Wordpad open to edit them.
1. Copy wordpad.exe from
C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\My Documents\ to a floppy disk or USB
(thumb) drive.
2. Copy wordpad.exe back from the floppy or USB drive to
C:\Program Files\Windows NT\Accessories\
The point of steps 1 and 2 is to remove the information about where the
file came from so you won't get the security warning. If you don't have
a floppy drive or a USB drive, you can skip these steps and just copy
the file directly to C:\Program Files\Windows NT\Accessories\
3. Double click on one of your *.rtf files. I assume that you will get
the message that "Windows cannot open this file." Select the button to
"Select the program from a list" and click OK.
4. Scroll down the list. If you see Wordpad, select it (one click).
Enter something like "Wordpad document" (without quotes) in the
description box. If Wordpad was not in the list (probably), click the
"Browse" button and go to C:\Program Files\Windows NT\Accessories\
highlight wordpad.exe and click the "Open" button.
OK your way out and you should be good to go. This should also deal
with right-clicking on *.rtf files.
If all of that worked, and you always (i.e., after clicking the unblock
button at least once) get the security warning when you start Wordpad
from Start > All Programs, there is an easy fix for that. Post back and
let me know if you want those directions too.
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Lem -- MS-MVP
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