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Question

how do i unlink adobe from txf files?

Mar 15, 2014 4:40AM PDT

i was trying to import a txf file from a website but I mistakenly used adobe reader as default to always open or save txf files. how do I undo this in my computer?

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Clarification Request
Is this a file association question for Windows?
Mar 15, 2014 4:52AM PDT
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how do i unlink adobe from txf files?
Mar 15, 2014 5:54AM PDT

mot really first i do not have windows 8 but windows home premium 7, second I do not have a default program to open txf files and mistakenly used adobe reader 11 to do so with the box checked use this prpogram as default all the time. That is what I need to undo so I can simply save the txf on my desktop without opening it with any program. how when i try to save it it saves as adobe because of the original mistake

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Ahh, changing the Save As type.
Mar 15, 2014 7:12AM PDT

Now that's a horse of a different color and thanks for adding which Windows.

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/save-file#1TC=windows-8 has an image where you see the Save As TYPE. It's the same as Windows 7 here.


However you do need to have a default program associatied with .TXT files. If you don't, odd things can happen. And to UNLINK as you asked is a dive into the registry which is beyond the scope or rather I will not go there.

To save text I'd like to read how you do that.

Here I select the text and paste it into a text file.
Bob

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Re: save
Mar 15, 2014 7:33AM PDT

Saving a file makes an exact copy. So it's still a txf file (whatever a txf file is). It's exactly the same file, so exactly the same file type. Only the description of the file type says it's an Adobe file, but it isn't. It's just a description.
No need to change anything.

I don't really see the need to save a file I can't open on my desktop (in fact I never save a file to my desktop), but that's your choice. And once have found it, it's easy to associate it with this type of file. It has been easy from Windows 95 on, and it's easy in Windows 7 also.

Kees