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Anyone know of a way on a win98 machine that I can create an icon that will prompt the user to open a file, and then open it in notepad?<BR><BR>I thought for sure there was a command line switch that ...
You might want to open two files in two separate windows to compare them. Also, if you want to edit two files simultaneously, you need to open them separately. That is why you can change Notepad ...
We all have to handle plain text files from time to time, and we know that printing files with the built-in Notepad applet in Windows should be called “pain text.” Fortunately, I’ve found a way to ...
Want to stop Notepad from opening previously opened files? If you want to start over each time you launch Notepad anew, you can turn off the setting that makes Notepad restore previously opened files ...
When you're creating spreadsheet documents to track employee IDs, forecast sales or compare products, you may want to prepare your data in another program and open the resulting file in Microsoft ...
Despite its slim profile and Windows 3.1-style interface, Notepad is a tool that Windows users have come to know and love, using it for all manner of tweaking, quick editing, and other tasks. The ...
In 2022, Microsoft finally upgraded Windows 11's File Explorer with tabs support. However, the app lacks many basic features, such as moving a tab out of the window, combining tabs, or starting File ...
Blogger and Microsoft employee Derek Dysart has posted a great tip for automatically dating every new entry in a text file edited with Notepad. Open a blank Notepad file Write .LOG (in uppercase) in ...