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On my desktop I created a recipe collection that is all categorized.
If I wanted to add to, I'd highlight the recipe, click on Microsoft XPS Document
Click on selection
Then click on print.
Then it would store it under whatever category.
Now when I try to gain access to a specific recipe, I get a page that has all knds of gibberish and numbers that at the top says Notebook.
I know that you are busy and there is no rush.
I just hope that I didn't lose all of my recipes.
Any suggestions???
Love
Dee~~~`
Tex, Computer Question
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Tex, Computer Question
"What the heart gives away is never gone ... It is kept in the hearts of others."
Hi Dee,
I suspect that your recipes are still safe. The file extension may have been changed, somehow, or your computer operating system may have hiccuped and forgot how it was supposed to open that file type. I gather you're using Vista. To be honest, I've never used the XPS file type, but it's a native option with Vista.
Since I no longer have Vista installed on any of my computers, I can't play with it to try to figure out what's going on, but before we get into any technical stuff, lets consider this:
Did the heading say "Notebook", or "Notepad"? It sounds as though your computer may be trying to open an XPS file with Microsoft Notepad. Doing so would result in displaying "gibberish", due to the fact that notepad will try to convert the document to ASCII, and many/most of the characters can't be converted, (at least not by Notepad - it would take a hex editor to do that, and Notepad is a text editor). Try right-clicking on the file, and from the drop-down context menu, click on "Open with". Another menu will open, and you can then scroll down the list of available programs and select the one that you want to use to open the file. I'm not sure what the name of the program in Vista would be, but presumably it would be named as some sort of XPS editor, or Microsoft XPS Document something-or-other. You'll probably recognize it when you see it. If worse comes to worse, you can always examine the contents of an XPS file by opening it in an application which supports ZIP files, (such as WinZip, etc.), and you can then save the contents by using some other extension.
If right-clicking on it to select a Microsoft program to open it doesn't work, let me know, before you try to open it with a ZIP application, as there are other ways to skin that cat, and we will just have try a different approach.
Love,
Tex
I suspect that your recipes are still safe. The file extension may have been changed, somehow, or your computer operating system may have hiccuped and forgot how it was supposed to open that file type. I gather you're using Vista. To be honest, I've never used the XPS file type, but it's a native option with Vista.
Since I no longer have Vista installed on any of my computers, I can't play with it to try to figure out what's going on, but before we get into any technical stuff, lets consider this:
Did the heading say "Notebook", or "Notepad"? It sounds as though your computer may be trying to open an XPS file with Microsoft Notepad. Doing so would result in displaying "gibberish", due to the fact that notepad will try to convert the document to ASCII, and many/most of the characters can't be converted, (at least not by Notepad - it would take a hex editor to do that, and Notepad is a text editor). Try right-clicking on the file, and from the drop-down context menu, click on "Open with". Another menu will open, and you can then scroll down the list of available programs and select the one that you want to use to open the file. I'm not sure what the name of the program in Vista would be, but presumably it would be named as some sort of XPS editor, or Microsoft XPS Document something-or-other. You'll probably recognize it when you see it. If worse comes to worse, you can always examine the contents of an XPS file by opening it in an application which supports ZIP files, (such as WinZip, etc.), and you can then save the contents by using some other extension.
If right-clicking on it to select a Microsoft program to open it doesn't work, let me know, before you try to open it with a ZIP application, as there are other ways to skin that cat, and we will just have try a different approach.
Love,
Tex
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.
I'm not using Vista.
I've been playing around and guess what I discovered?
When I right click on the recipe that I want to see, and the drop down shows about 5 things, I for curiousity clicked on IE and up popped the recipe.
Hmmmmmm..
I'm just glad I didn't lose my pride and joys!!!!
Love
Dee~~~~
I've been playing around and guess what I discovered?
When I right click on the recipe that I want to see, and the drop down shows about 5 things, I for curiousity clicked on IE and up popped the recipe.
Hmmmmmm..
I'm just glad I didn't lose my pride and joys!!!!
Love
Dee~~~~
"What the heart gives away is never gone ... It is kept in the hearts of others."
Dee,
You're right, of course - I forgot that IE 7 comes with an XPS viewer. It also comes with the .NET Framework 3.0 upgrade for XP.
Does that allow you to do what you need to do? If not, there are downloads that can expand your capabilities for using that file type.
Love,
Tex
You're right, of course - I forgot that IE 7 comes with an XPS viewer. It also comes with the .NET Framework 3.0 upgrade for XP.
Does that allow you to do what you need to do? If not, there are downloads that can expand your capabilities for using that file type.
Love,
Tex
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.