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Need help, .txt to ms-dos

Discussion in 'General Chat' started by bizpro99, Apr 9, 2006.

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  1. #1
    Need help..


    I had a text file (.txt) and I saved it.
    Next thing I know, I go to open it up and its a MS-DOS file and I can t open it?
    How can fix this?
    Or how can I open it so I can retrieve what I saved.

    Thanks.
     
    bizpro99, Apr 9, 2006 IP
  2. JEET

    JEET Notable Member

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    Try reading that file directly using notepad.
    Launch notepad, FILE> OPEN...
    Browse to the file and click open.
    If you see the contents of that file, then save it elsewhere "WITHOUT" typing the extension this time. It will be saved as .TXT by default.

    Bye
    jeet
     
    JEET, Apr 9, 2006 IP
  3. bizpro99

    bizpro99 Active Member

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    Didnt work.
    I did open in notepad but all the text wasnt there.
     
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    bizpro99 Active Member

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    its a .pif
    ??
     
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    JEET Notable Member

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    Try renaming it with a .TXT extension.
    I just saved a huge text file with that extension and it opened completely in notepad.
    You can also use wordpad or ms-word.

    I also clearly remember that once I recieved a virus with that extension.
    Bye
    jeet
     
    JEET, Apr 9, 2006 IP
  6. KeithLDick

    KeithLDick Peon

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    What program were you using when you saved it???...

    If you got MS Word see if you can *Import it* maybe it will open correctly...

    Or try *WordPad* and when you go to open it look at the bottom of the window for "Files of Type:" and change that to MS-Dos format, heck try them all and see if it will open...
     
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    Well I cant open it at all, I try to rename it but I cant change the extension.
    I have pretty much redid all that I had in there, took me all bloody day!

    Thanks, anyways.
     
    bizpro99, Apr 9, 2006 IP
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    mavahntooth Well-Known Member

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    Do you have spybot S & E?
     
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    What is that? spyware scanner or something?
     
    bizpro99, Apr 19, 2006 IP