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txt in command prompt

Started by stang90 , Jun 20 2012 01:15 PM

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#1 stang90

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Posted 20 June 2012 - 01:15 PM

This probably sounds really stupid, but for the past year I'v had this problem, and it's really starting to get on my nerves.

When I try to open of .txt files, instead of opening in notepad, the command prompt comes up and tells my the directory that file is currently in.
I'd rather, you know, that NOT happen, so I dont have to open notepad every time and drag the file into it.

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#2 cryptodan

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Posted 20 June 2012 - 01:16 PM

What operating system?

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Posted 20 June 2012 - 04:32 PM

Windows 7...

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Posted 20 June 2012 - 06:28 PM

Can you do the following:

1) Navigate to Folder Options in Control Panel

2) Go to the View Tab

3) Make sure that Show Hidden Files is checked.

4) Make sure that Hide Extensions of for Known File Types is unchecked

5) Make sure that Hide protected operating system files is unchecked

Then see what kind of extension the text files you are opening have.

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#5 stang90

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Posted 20 June 2012 - 07:41 PM

They all have the .txt extension.
The icons are also the default white notepad icon, leading me to believe that they would actually open in notepad.

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#6 cryptodan

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Posted 21 June 2012 - 05:38 AM

Have a read here: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/Change-which-programs-Windows-uses-by-default

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#7 stang90

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Posted 21 June 2012 - 09:16 AM

http://imgur.com/j7nrz

Well I had high hopes for that one.
As you can see in that picture, the default for txt is set to the command line.
If I try to change it to either notepad or wordpad, well, it doesn't.

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#8 cryptodan

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Posted 21 June 2012 - 02:27 PM

Create another account via user accounts, and see if it still happens.

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#9 stang90

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Posted 22 June 2012 - 02:27 PM

All right, did that, And no problem. So what does that tell me?

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Posted 23 June 2012 - 01:32 PM

the file association open command for txt files was changed to open up with command.com or cmd.exe which is the command line tool or psuedo-dos like environment for Windows NT or later.

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#11 stang90

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Posted 23 June 2012 - 02:38 PM

yeeeaaah... So what should I do about it.

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#12 cryptodan

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Posted 23 June 2012 - 02:40 PM

Did you change the default program to notepad? that is the only way to fix it.

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Posted 23 June 2012 - 02:58 PM

Like I Said, it wouldn't.
I can go to Default Programs > Set Associations, and I can see that it is currently set to "Windows Command Processor".
But if I try to change it to notepad, or any other word processor it will not.
Changing the default for any other extension works just fine though.

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Posted 23 June 2012 - 03:07 PM

What error message do you get when you try and change it to Notepad you should be prompted with an error message stating why you cannot change it.

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#15 stang90

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Posted 23 June 2012 - 05:32 PM

I dont actually. It just dosnt. It's like, *click click* notepad; "open with" window closes, nothing actually changed.
If I change any other file type, the window closes, the list refreshes and the change has been made.