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How to Edit an xml file
I have been playing Win 7, Free Cell for months. I always intended to
retry a given game until I won. On game 2710, I inadvertently accepted my First Loss. I now know that my Free Cell stats are stored in an xml file. How might I edit that file, to edit (delete) that one lose. While surely minor, compared to many the REAL problems discussed here, I am most annoyed at myself. I sure would appreciate any/all advice on how to edit that file. dave |
How to Edit an xml file
In Dave C
wrote: While surely minor, compared to many the REAL problems discussed here, I am most annoyed at myself. I sure would appreciate any/all advice on how to edit that file. An XML file is simply an ordinary text file with a peculiar structure, so any ordinary text editor will do, so long as you understand and don't destroy the XML strucure while editing it. -- St. Paul, MN |
How to Edit an xml file
On 5/13/2013 8:51 PM, Bert wrote:
In Dave C wrote: While surely minor, compared to many the REAL problems discussed here, I am most annoyed at myself. I sure would appreciate any/all advice on how to edit that file. An XML file is simply an ordinary text file with a peculiar structure, so any ordinary text editor will do, so long as you understand and don't destroy the XML strucure while editing it. Which provokes the suggestion to back it up before messing with it. -- Alias |
How to Edit an xml file
On Mon, 13 May 2013 14:30:43 -0400, Dave C wrote:
I have been playing Win 7, Free Cell for months. I always intended to retry a given game until I won. On game 2710, I inadvertently accepted my First Loss. I now know that my Free Cell stats are stored in an xml file. How might I edit that file, to edit (delete) that one lose. While surely minor, compared to many the REAL problems discussed here, I am most annoyed at myself. I sure would appreciate any/all advice on how to edit that file. dave There are free xml editors available that structure the file display for you, or you can just use a text editor, as Bert suggests. I was gong to link you to XML Notepad, but when I try to look for a link in its Help-About, it crashes :-) This is where a different part of the Help menu takes me: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-US/data/bb190600.aspx I give up. Just Google for XML editors or use your text editor. -- Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch) |
How to Edit an xml file
On Mon, 13 May 2013 14:30:43 -0400, "Dave C" wrote in article
... I have been playing Win 7, Free Cell for months. I always intended to retry a given game until I won. On game 2710, I inadvertently accepted my First Loss. I now know that my Free Cell stats are stored in an xml file. How might I edit that file, to edit (delete) that one lose. While surely minor, compared to many the REAL problems discussed here, I am most annoyed at myself. I sure would appreciate any/all advice on how to edit that file. dave As I understand it, Free Cell stats are stored in: C:\Users\your user name\Appdata\Local\Microsoft Games\Freecell\Freecellsettings.xml To edit it, all you need is notepad or any other text editor. Then, find the appropriate entry and modify it, then save. -- Zaphod Vell, Zaphod's just zis guy, ya know? - Gag Halfrunt |
How to Edit an xml file
On Mon, 13 May 2013 12:03:16 -0700, Gene E. Bloch wrote:
On Mon, 13 May 2013 14:30:43 -0400, Dave C wrote: I have been playing Win 7, Free Cell for months. I always intended to retry a given game until I won. On game 2710, I inadvertently accepted my First Loss. I now know that my Free Cell stats are stored in an xml file. How might I edit that file, to edit (delete) that one lose. While surely minor, compared to many the REAL problems discussed here, I am most annoyed at myself. I sure would appreciate any/all advice on how to edit that file. dave There are free xml editors available that structure the file display for you, or you can just use a text editor, as Bert suggests. I was gong to link you to XML Notepad, but when I try to look for a link in its Help-About, it crashes :-) This is where a different part of the Help menu takes me: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-US/data/bb190600.aspx I give up. Just Google for XML editors or use your text editor. I looked on the above (not very) user-friendly page and got this: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/downl...s.aspx?id=7973 I also have XML Explorer, which I can't fathom, so I can't recommend it. The MS program works if you don't try Help-About :-) -- Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch) |
How to Edit an xml file
"Dave C" wrote in message
... I have been playing Win 7, Free Cell for months. I always intended to retry a given game until I won. On game 2710, I inadvertently accepted my First Loss. I now know that my Free Cell stats are stored in an xml file. How might I edit that file, to edit (delete) that one lose. While surely minor, compared to many the REAL problems discussed here, I am most annoyed at myself. I sure would appreciate any/all advice on how to edit that file. dave If you successfully open, edit, and save a working copy of this file, let me know. I've tried XML Notepad 2007, FOXE, Notepad, Notepad++, Word, etc., and have yet to see one recognizable character in any of the MS Games XML files. I've never much thought about it before, but your post piqued my curiosity, just to see what's in it. Impressive streak :-) When I was working, I had a 2000+ winning streak after an early loss (played on break and at lunchtime only wink wink nudge nudge ), but not near what you have. -- SC Tom |
How to Edit an xml file
SC Tom wrote:
"Dave C" wrote in message ... I have been playing Win 7, Free Cell for months. I always intended to retry a given game until I won. On game 2710, I inadvertently accepted my First Loss. I now know that my Free Cell stats are stored in an xml file. How might I edit that file, to edit (delete) that one lose. While surely minor, compared to many the REAL problems discussed here, I am most annoyed at myself. I sure would appreciate any/all advice on how to edit that file. dave If you successfully open, edit, and save a working copy of this file, let me know. I've tried XML Notepad 2007, FOXE, Notepad, Notepad++, Word, etc., and have yet to see one recognizable character in any of the MS Games XML files. I've never much thought about it before, but your post piqued my curiosity, just to see what's in it. Impressive streak :-) When I was working, I had a 2000+ winning streak after an early loss (played on break and at lunchtime only wink wink nudge nudge ), but not near what you have. There's a little comedy here. While it is possible to use encryption on XML, apparently in one case, it was just BASE64 encoding. http://thedailywtf.com/Articles/Encrypted-XML.aspx Paul |
How to Edit an xml file
"Paul" wrote in message ... SC Tom wrote: "Dave C" wrote in message ... I have been playing Win 7, Free Cell for months. I always intended to retry a given game until I won. On game 2710, I inadvertently accepted my First Loss. I now know that my Free Cell stats are stored in an xml file. How might I edit that file, to edit (delete) that one lose. While surely minor, compared to many the REAL problems discussed here, I am most annoyed at myself. I sure would appreciate any/all advice on how to edit that file. dave If you successfully open, edit, and save a working copy of this file, let me know. I've tried XML Notepad 2007, FOXE, Notepad, Notepad++, Word, etc., and have yet to see one recognizable character in any of the MS Games XML files. I've never much thought about it before, but your post piqued my curiosity, just to see what's in it. Impressive streak :-) When I was working, I had a 2000+ winning streak after an early loss (played on break and at lunchtime only wink wink nudge nudge ), but not near what you have. There's a little comedy here. While it is possible to use encryption on XML, apparently in one case, it was just BASE64 encoding. http://thedailywtf.com/Articles/Encrypted-XML.aspx Paul I tried an on-line decoder and got this error: "The input is not a valid Base-64 string as it contains a non-base 64 character, more than two padding characters, or a non-white space character among the padding characters." Maybe that's not it :-) -- SC Tom |
How to Edit an xml file
SC Tom :
I tried an on-line decoder and got this error: "The input is not a valid Base-64 string as it contains a non-base 64 character, more than two padding characters, or a non-white space character among the padding characters." Doncha just *love* that sort of error message? Would it be so hard to say which of those three problems it is? -- Mike Barnes |
How to Edit an xml file
On Tue, 14 May 2013 12:58:21 -0400, SC Tom wrote:
"Paul" wrote in message ... SC Tom wrote: "Dave C" wrote in message ... I have been playing Win 7, Free Cell for months. I always intended to retry a given game until I won. On game 2710, I inadvertently accepted my First Loss. I now know that my Free Cell stats are stored in an xml file. How might I edit that file, to edit (delete) that one lose. While surely minor, compared to many the REAL problems discussed here, I am most annoyed at myself. I sure would appreciate any/all advice on how to edit that file. dave If you successfully open, edit, and save a working copy of this file, let me know. I've tried XML Notepad 2007, FOXE, Notepad, Notepad++, Word, etc., and have yet to see one recognizable character in any of the MS Games XML files. I've never much thought about it before, but your post piqued my curiosity, just to see what's in it. Impressive streak :-) When I was working, I had a 2000+ winning streak after an early loss (played on break and at lunchtime only wink wink nudge nudge ), but not near what you have. There's a little comedy here. While it is possible to use encryption on XML, apparently in one case, it was just BASE64 encoding. http://thedailywtf.com/Articles/Encrypted-XML.aspx Paul I tried an on-line decoder and got this error: "The input is not a valid Base-64 string as it contains a non-base 64 character, more than two padding characters, or a non-white space character among the padding characters." Maybe that's not it :-) OK, try ROT13 next. :-) -- Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch) |
How to Edit an xml file
On Tue, 14 May 2013 18:58:19 +0100, Mike Barnes wrote:
SC Tom : I tried an on-line decoder and got this error: "The input is not a valid Base-64 string as it contains a non-base 64 character, more than two padding characters, or a non-white space character among the padding characters." Doncha just *love* that sort of error message? Would it be so hard to say which of those three problems it is? One could argue that it's better than *no* list of possible errors :-) -- Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch) |
How to Edit an xml file
"Gene E. Bloch" wrote in message
... On Tue, 14 May 2013 12:58:21 -0400, SC Tom wrote: "Paul" wrote in message ... SC Tom wrote: "Dave C" wrote in message ... I have been playing Win 7, Free Cell for months. I always intended to retry a given game until I won. On game 2710, I inadvertently accepted my First Loss. I now know that my Free Cell stats are stored in an xml file. How might I edit that file, to edit (delete) that one lose. While surely minor, compared to many the REAL problems discussed here, I am most annoyed at myself. I sure would appreciate any/all advice on how to edit that file. dave If you successfully open, edit, and save a working copy of this file, let me know. I've tried XML Notepad 2007, FOXE, Notepad, Notepad++, Word, etc., and have yet to see one recognizable character in any of the MS Games XML files. I've never much thought about it before, but your post piqued my curiosity, just to see what's in it. Impressive streak :-) When I was working, I had a 2000+ winning streak after an early loss (played on break and at lunchtime only wink wink nudge nudge ), but not near what you have. There's a little comedy here. While it is possible to use encryption on XML, apparently in one case, it was just BASE64 encoding. http://thedailywtf.com/Articles/Encrypted-XML.aspx Paul I tried an on-line decoder and got this error: "The input is not a valid Base-64 string as it contains a non-base 64 character, more than two padding characters, or a non-white space character among the padding characters." Maybe that's not it :-) OK, try ROT13 next. :-) Nah, that ain't it :-) Here's a sample of it from Notepad: "A˱?cWM( "f%Lef2 #LZ'`szV"-L.&iX FNrpHV?f';& ' H\`m% .J ,S8W#~ft'EWQT.ONz6 3C?PHLJs&*AT:( ZjF2~F2 '?&H+0y kt S* d?^C,G,AsQFkM!OU$PNY^^s FLzlݯq? ,{!"3P" ~hOT4?-^""!,dc@f}@3T.X-9=~)Q?#ZMDm2.ɩG?B^o"d29'enT~k ?SC5:H'Y*p._b-sF''$ Rs"Z1}Op "D":NI[!ps,-E R,-XOPT=mP89T"իW?KToT*Q0 Bkkk .@Y_ҝ\%@\:H&4rSF (-e 4Gt?jY'/0X*"uY?'Y RжX,R?r]]sh*5 ?doq BQ X'\I+ Z"joo!"}@4j:::čm ? q Zp3`),+~i.H+Á$&,Q +T!R+czj?ӡO%l ?ad"quvvҐ*6\&o^]HĤ!t\sSDF Pf ?,^ 䏩,~Up "}O?gMCoJ3'ToHGrn^b +y? T7B* zYQE"gr"*î I think it's Greek. Or, at least, it's Greek to me :-) -- SC Tom |
How to Edit an xml file
SC Tom wrote:
"Gene E. Bloch" wrote in message ... On Tue, 14 May 2013 12:58:21 -0400, SC Tom wrote: "Paul" wrote in message ... SC Tom wrote: "Dave C" wrote in message ... I have been playing Win 7, Free Cell for months. I always intended to retry a given game until I won. On game 2710, I inadvertently accepted my First Loss. I now know that my Free Cell stats are stored in an xml file. How might I edit that file, to edit (delete) that one lose. While surely minor, compared to many the REAL problems discussed here, I am most annoyed at myself. I sure would appreciate any/all advice on how to edit that file. dave If you successfully open, edit, and save a working copy of this file, let me know. I've tried XML Notepad 2007, FOXE, Notepad, Notepad++, Word, etc., and have yet to see one recognizable character in any of the MS Games XML files. I've never much thought about it before, but your post piqued my curiosity, just to see what's in it. Impressive streak :-) When I was working, I had a 2000+ winning streak after an early loss (played on break and at lunchtime only wink wink nudge nudge ), but not near what you have. There's a little comedy here. While it is possible to use encryption on XML, apparently in one case, it was just BASE64 encoding. http://thedailywtf.com/Articles/Encrypted-XML.aspx Paul I tried an on-line decoder and got this error: "The input is not a valid Base-64 string as it contains a non-base 64 character, more than two padding characters, or a non-white space character among the padding characters." Maybe that's not it :-) OK, try ROT13 next. :-) Nah, that ain't it :-) Here's a sample of it from Notepad: "A˱?cWM( "f%Lef2 #LZ'`szV"-L.&iX FNrpHV?f';& ' H\`m% .J ,S8W#~ft'EWQT.ONz6 3C?PHLJs&*AT:( ZjF2~F2 '?&H+0y kt S* d?^C,G,AsQFkM!OU$PNY^^s FLzlݯq? ,{!"3P" ~hOT4?-^""!,dc@f}@3T.X-9=~)Q?#ZMDm2.ɩG?B^o"d29'enT~k ?SC5:H'Y*p._b-sF''$ Rs"Z1}Op "D":NI[!ps,-E R,-XOPT=mP89T"իW?KToT*Q0 Bkkk .@Y_ҝ\%@\:H&4rSF (-e 4Gt?jY'/0X*"uY?'Y RжX,R?r]]sh*5 ?doq BQ X'\I+ Z"joo!"}@4j:::čm ? q Zp3`),+~i.H+Á$&,Q +T!R+czj?ӡO%l ?ad"quvvҐ*6\&o^]HĤ!t\sSDF Pf ?,^ 䏩,~Up "}O?gMCoJ3'ToHGrn^b +y? T7B* zYQE"gr"*î I think it's Greek. Or, at least, it's Greek to me :-) Well, maybe it's a heavy weight flavor. "How to: Encrypt XML Elements with Asymmetric Keys" http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms229746.aspx At least they've thought about ways to hide stuff. I don't think it's ASCII85. The alphabet looks too rich. Paul |
How to Edit an xml file
On Mon, 13 May 2013 14:30:43 -0400, Dave C wrote:
I have been playing Win 7, Free Cell for months. I always intended to retry a given game until I won. On game 2710, I inadvertently accepted my First Loss. I now know that my Free Cell stats are stored in an xml file. How might I edit that file, to edit (delete) that one lose. Any text editor. Even Notepad should be able to do the job. Don't double-click the file. Open your editor of choice, and do File* Open in the editor menu, or drag the file into the editor's client area. -- Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA http://OakRoadSystems.com Shikata ga nai... |
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