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		Tips N Tricks >> Windows OS

		Author: Murali Bala
		Date: 12/28/2002
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		Description: Opening unregistered files quickly

		Windows is not designed to recognise any file that is not registered. And there are many that get installed this way i.e. files that are not connected with any particular application. These include text files like READ.ME or FILE_ID.DIZ. if you want to open such a file by double-dicking, a window will be displayed in which you can specify which application you wish to use for opening the file. However, this procedure is cumbersome if one already knows which program to use to open the file. Here’s how you can bypass it. Start Explorer and go to the directory Send To. If you can't find, search for it. Insert a new Connection in the right half of the window with a right-click. You will see a window Create Connection. Enter C:\WINDOWS\NOTEPAD.EXE in the Command Line in this window (for user with Windows 2000 --c:\winnt\notepad.exe). After clicking Next and Finish, the new menu item Notepad will appear immediately in the context menu under Send To. Now you can ‘send’ the text files with unregistered data extensions to Notepad and do not need to tell Windows every time as to which program is to be used for opening an unknown text file. You can also use this procedure for opening other data types like pictures.

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