On 07/09/2014 05:55 AM, [email protected] wrote:
Spent ages searching for answer. Tried very hard. Tried Users Forum, etc. I’m a
beginner, not technical, and it’s all too confusing. Can you help?
I have text, document files from windows XP sp3 on Flash drive. Now I have new
Dell PC with Windows 8.1. But when I click on files to open and work / edit
them, they won’t open. I double left click. When I select a file from the My
Documents folder from my flash drive list, a page comes up with choice, “Open
or Save” I don’t want to save, which I think means save to hard drive; I
thought I’d just work from files on flash drive; to save hard drive space. Is
that possible, normal? Just to Open?
I’m a writer; my main use for computer.
Michael Gerstein
I think you'd better save to the hard drive. You can always erase them
later, after you've done whatever you need to do with them.
I trust these files end in .doc? If they do, then you should be able to
open them in Windows 8.1, but many word processors will not
open a file without first saving it--and then after you modify it, you
will have to save it to a different filename. Perhaps add "_1" to the
end of the file (before .doc).
If the filename does _not_ end in .doc, please tell us what it does end
in, so we can see whether it should be usable.
If these files are classified documents, then you should consult your
security department. Otherwise, I don't know why you wouldn't
save them to the hard drive.
--doug
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