Andy Dingley wrote:
> On 24 Apr, 18:18, David B. <tall_wal...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> Using Win XP SP2
>>
>> I wrote up a XHTML file using notepad. Now I want my browser to open
>> it as a web page but it only sees it as a .txt file. I tried changing
>> the extension to .htm but its still a .txt file. What do I do?
>
> Hack around in Windows Explorer (NOT Internet Explorer) and switch off
> the desktop option uder Tools | Folder options | View | Advanced |
> Hide extensions for known file types
Something I advise all Windows users to do, should be off by default.
Since the file extension is *so* important to MS's OS it should never be
hidden and dupe poor newbies in to such trouble with
"readme.txt .exe"
Can add the real *WOW* to Windows...
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Take care,
Jonathan
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