Well that could be causing the problem. Have ALL txt files open again with the regular Notepad (totally disassociate EVERYTHING with Notepad+), THEN try to open txt files in OE and see what happens. You may have to even uninstall Notepad+, but even that is not going to remove the registry of ALL of it. You may have to manually search the registry for **every single entry** of txt and associate it with Notepad.
There may even be registry entries in the OE areas regarding attachments and the handling thereof, and they may not appear under any of the txt entries. These tags may have to be changed. Like I said, going into Folder Options and File Types and just "looking" may not be enough. Those things you mentioned for txt files under File Types may not be the same as on other PC's and that may be the cause. I can't check these on mine since I use Metapad in place of Notepad, but for many file types and their handling there are things like "DDE", and specific suffixes on the end of the path to the executable that when modified can change the behavior of everything they do. The ' marks I saw on your post were in my case changed to some oddball character from the character map. I can't recall exactly what, but they were NOT any character on any keyboard! I think they may have looked like that symbol Prince used when he stopped using his name! Or, maybe the symbol for a paragraph. -Clint God Bless Clint Hamilton, Owner http://OrpheusComputing.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Harold B" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hello again (using Internet Explorer 6 and Outlook Express 6), Update on problem ... I now have Internet Explorer 6 and Outlook Express 6 running, and everything on the computer is working fine. The ONLY problem is that when sending a txt document to myself in OE, although the icon shows up upon clicking the paper clip, the label is greyed out (making the txt file not accessible). I see this in both the Sent folder and the Inbox folder. > Well, if you removed OE5 and went to OE6, that's as good as a "repair". If > you can open txt files everywhere else, then I don't know why you can't open > txt files attached in OE. Maybe check your txt files entries in "File types" > under Folder Options. You'd have to compare them to another PC though. It's > not enough they say .txt opens in Notepad, there is several other commands > under the "edit" area. ... Clint I haven't noticed any change in file types; Folder Options shows that Text Document (Extension txt dic exe, whatever that means), Content Type (MIME) text/plain (whatever all that means), is opening with Notepad. The only change I made is that I'm using Notepad+ (I doubt if anyone still uses the original Windows Notepad), and that should not be causing the problem ... been using it for years. Both Notepad+ and the original Notepad are working fine, but neither one opens in OE. Sounds like there is some configuration in OE that is needed. Could it be something in the Registry (that's my playground where I like to hang out). Any suggestions? An aside ... I noticed in my last posting that my quotes and apostrophes all looked like boxes. What's causing that? In my Options > Send > Mail Sending Format I have Plain Text checked, and in News Sending Format I have HTML checked. Should I change anything there that might be causing boxes. Right now I'm typing right into the email window though sometimes I might type into MSWord and copy into the email window. ... 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 =====================================================
