NOTEPAD Question

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July 9th, 2001, 09:11 AM
LotusAstra

NOTEPAD Question

Hi all,

When i right click in Windoze Explorer and select new Text Document it calls the txt file "New Text Document.txt"...(as it should)... i find this anoying as all i use notepad for mainly is to create files called "ReadMe.txt"

Is there a way to make NOTEPAD automatically call newly created .txt files "ReadMe.txt" so i dont have to keep Renaming them. (maybe a registry edit would do the trick)

This is probably a question that many people will find usefull, hopefully someone knows the answer.

Thx in Advance for all your Help! https://discussions.virtualdr.com/

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July 9th, 2001, 10:41 AM
Steve R Jones

Why not just place a shortcut to notepad on your desktop? That way you can "save as" and name the file anything you want.
July 9th, 2001, 11:06 AM
Kleinkramer

Or place a shortcut to Notepad in your C:\Windows\Sendto folder.
Then you can send anything to Notepad through your right mouse menu.

Gtz. Tony
July 9th, 2001, 11:08 AM
LotusAstra

Hi thx for the input but....

i dont hava problem with right clickin and selectin new text document (easyest way in my situation)....

Just so u know y i wanna do this.....

every now and then i go on a download mission and d'load several Apps/Gamez. when downloading stuff its useful to include the App info in a ReadMe.txt file in same dir for future reference.

After having renamed new Text Document.txt to ReadMe.txt several times it becomes a bit anoying.

What i want to do is to just right click>select new ReadMe.txt and paste info into it. job done.

Any more ideas. Regards https://discussions.virtualdr.com/
July 9th, 2001, 11:12 AM
LotusAstra

Quote:

Originally posted by Kleinkramer:
Or place a shortcut to Notepad in your C:\Windows\Sendto folder.
Then you can send anything to Notepad through your right mouse menu.

Gtz. Tony

I shall experiment with this and c wat i can do...

I'm mainly trying to avoid having to rename it, i only use NOTEPAD for ReadMe.txt files as thas all its good for really.

Thx https://discussions.virtualdr.com/

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July 9th, 2001, 11:28 AM
LotusAstra

what i tried above wasn't wat i am looking for...

Any other sugestions, TIA https://discussions.virtualdr.com/
July 9th, 2001, 11:46 AM
ceh383

Ok, try this....Open Notepad>>File>>Save AS, name the file "ReadMe">>save the blank file to your desktop.

Now double click the "ReadMe.txt" icon on the desktop a blank text file opens, type in what you want>>File>>Save As>>point it to the folder you want to save it to>>click save & your done.....

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July 9th, 2001, 12:47 PM
LotusAstra

Thx M8 but that would defete the object of what i want to do...but i know ur only trying to help, thas wat we're here for.

All i want is while navigating Explorer when i right click>select new I want an option to create "ReadMe.txt"...

...not really looking for a work around as at the moment i Right click>new>new text document and rename it to readme.txt and off i go...cant get much easyier than this wivout having a right click>new>ReadMe.txt shoutcut.

I thought that there would be a place in registry or sumut that gives it its name new text document and that i could change this.

Regards https://discussions.virtualdr.com/
July 9th, 2001, 01:54 PM
LotusAstra

Nice1 Mo, i shall use that from now on...is there any to add it to the "new" context menu, i've tried putting stuff in the windows/ShellNew dir to no avail...!

...as u didn't sugest it i guess that wat i really wanna do can't be done.

Many thanx for the help https://discussions.virtualdr.com/
July 9th, 2001, 02:43 PM
patweb

I did find that if you change the file association for TEXT DOCUMENT to read README, it will default now to NEW README.TXT. Well.......that's as close as I can get.

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July 9th, 2001, 05:35 PM
LotusAstra

Thanx Patweb for the Exellent suggestion...Perfect Just what i was looking for...so simple yet really effective, Nice1 https://discussions.virtualdr.com/

Thanx also to Mosaic1 for your Time & Help, the explination was good, its apreciated, quite technical info there tho...bit over my head, but i get the general idea and it sounds just the thing i needed (something to keep hold of hold of for another situation maybe)...

Thanx all for the help, u people 'r' Great! https://discussions.virtualdr.com/
July 9th, 2001, 05:55 PM
LotusAstra

[QUOTE]Originally posted by LotusAstra:
[B]Thanx Patweb for the Exellent suggestion...Perfect Just what i was looking for...so simple yet really effective, Nice1 https://discussions.virtualdr.com/

Thanx again Mosaic1 for your Time & Help, the explination was good, its apreciated, quite technical info there tho...bit over my head, but i get the general idea and it sounds just the thing i needed (something to keep hold of hold of for another situation maybe)...

Thanx all for the help, u people 'r' Great! https://discussions.virtualdr.com/

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