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Thread #98559   Message #1955361
Posted By: GUEST,Geoff the Duck
02-Feb-07 - 05:04 AM
Thread Name: Tech: Notepad : HTML suffix ?
Subject: RE: Tech: Notepad : HTML suffix ?
John, thanks for the run down on MSN. They have been a thorn in the side of the PC I am typing on. Mainly because children keep putting MSN Messenger on it. Once it is there, all the useful programmes constantly crash and prevent the computer being used for serious periods of time.

Murray - you say you solved the HTML problem. Are you going to tell us which piece of speculation or advice cracked it? It's nice to know who nailed the problem.

Murray - Windows Explorer is what is called a File Manager and its original basic purpose was to allow you to look at what files are where, move them to someplace else, copy them, rename them or delete them. For a lot of tasks you open two copies i.e. two separate windows which are showing the content of two different directories (folders). You can then fairly easily drag files from one window to the second to copy the file.
There are better file managers about. My favourite is Directory Opus, which costs cash, but I got a version on a magazine cover disc. Dopus was originally developed on the late lamented Commodore Amiga, which was an incredibly user friendly computer. Dopus uses an option of two panels within the same window which can be switched between "active" and "destination" for copying'/moving files. It also does a great deal more, including a viewer pane which displays pictures and text files and also adobe PDFs. It allows you to change the names of files as a batch or copy/move with a different name. It allows you to select all filenames containing specified characters (e.g. *.jpg will find all the Jpegs, *xmas* would find your christmas named documents).
Quack!
GtD.