Dear David,

I agree that it's abnormal. More than abnormal, quite bizarre.
Nevertheless, that's the way it is.

Let me recapitulate. I keep an important notepad text file on my desktop.
I have for years. Each day or so, I need to add information to this file.
No problem until a few weeks ago. Normally, I would open the file, do the
editing or adding, save it again and that would be that. Something changed,
I don't know what but I would right click, select "View Source" and edit the
source (as one would do when FTPing.)

Now it won't let me see the source to edit. I right click, select "View
Source" and
nothing.

So what I must do is copy and paste the entire txt file to a NEW notepad.
Edit and add to it and then save the new one and delete the old one.

Any insights?

Thanks,
Mari





"David Webb" wrote:

>> In the latter part of your post you define how you're opening a text file.The
> procedure you're using to edit a text file is quite abnormal.
>
> You said, "...when I pull up a saved txt file on notepad, I have to right click
> it, view source, do whatever editing...".
>
> Maybe you're not dealing with text files. Make sure that your Folder Options are
> set to allow to view file extensions. In Windows Explorer it should be shown
> with the TXT extension similar to this: anyfilename.txt.
>
> Normally, all one has to do is to double-click on the text file and it will
> launch Notepad and open the file for editing. If okay, try double clicking on
> the text file. If it doesn't open normally, post back with a description of its
> behavior.
>
> "Mari" <Mari@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:3C8AFC5E-437C-48DF-8408-111E6CD8CFB9@microsoft.com...
> >I need to ask a question but when I click question, I get a clicking sound
> > but a drop down box doesn't open. When I click comment, I get a window I can
> > make a comment.
> >
> > If anyone reads this, I'd appreciate a fix on this.
> >
> > And here's my question, which I couldn't ask because it doesn't give me a
> > place to ask it.
> >
> > During all the time I've been using a computer, I've never had this happen.
> > Normally when I type something on notepad and save it, I can pull it up, add
> > something to it, save it again. And again and again and again. A couple of
> > weeks ago, something changed. Now when I pull up a saved txt file on
> > notepad, I have to right click it, view source, do whatever editing I need to
> > do and close it and then save it as a new file. Have you ever had that
> > happen and what can I do to make it the way it's always been? I read every
> > single one of the contents of the notepad help file and it's just not there.
> >
> > Mari
> > Marisok@aol.com
> >
>
>
>