Hi Robert -
As far as I know, there is 'no' way your files could get changed just by
burning them to a cd, and then dragging them onto the new computer.
Wordpad saves files with the extension .rtf (last 3 letters of the
filename). Do the files you put on the new computer still have the .rtf
extension?
If you can't see the extension letters, Vista might be set to hide
them. Try this to un-hide them:
1. Click *Start*
2. Select *Control Panel*
3. Select *Classic View*
4. Double-click *Folder Options*
5. Click the *View* Tab
6. Uncheck *Hide Extensions for Known File Types*
7. Click *Apply* button (at the bottom of the window)
8. Click *Apply to Folders* button (at the top of the window)
9. Click *OK
* Now, if your files still have the .rtf extension you should be able
to open them in Wordpad on your Vista computer, and they should look
exactly like they did on your old Win98 computer.
Go to Start, click All Programs, click Accessories, and then click
Wordpad. Now you should be able to open your files and they should look
fine?
You shouldn't have to convert them at all.
Good luck,
Donk
*
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d_papabear wrote:
> DONK--Thank you for your help...BUT I found the problem. For some
> reason, all the wordpad files were changed from rich text to Doc.
> files. I think it happened when I burned them to cd from my old Win.
> 98 computer and then dragged them onto my laptop desktop into a
> folder. I noticed some things at "NONAGS" free utilities that say
> they will change files...would one of these convert these files back
> into rich text documents? Some of these free programs say they will
> convert "batch files" all at one time. That would really help me. I'm
> trying to get my song words so I can read the ones I don't know while
> my laptop is also playing my midi files into my p.a. system. Thank
> you very much!--ROBERT--
>
>
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