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Old June 20th 18, 02:17 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Mayayana
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Default Reading an .ini file with Notepad using Windows 10

"malone" wrote

| https://www.dropbox.com/s/3hpgu1fgxs...4_W10.ini?dl=0 (.ini
| file created by Irfanview on the misbehaving Windows 10 machine)

What a mess. It looks like maybe you tried to edit it with
a program that didn't recognize unicode properly. Or maybe
you accidentally saved it as ANSI? Or maybe you tried to
edit it in a complex editor like Word and that misinterpreted
characters? The reason I say that is because, in addition to
the glitch with returns that Paul mentioned, part of the file
is actually ANSI. It's just not visible when the file is opened
as unicode. Starting with [WinPosition] it turns to ANSI.
That made me think that a special-use editor that sees [ as
a key character might be able to do the damage I see.

Maybe try just deleting it. IV should create a new copy.

Also, for what it's worth: Dropbox URLs that end with
"dl=0" can be turned into direct file links by switching it
to "dl=1". dl stands for "download". With dl=0 you have to
load the webpage and must have script enabled. With
dl=1 you get a download dialogue directly.


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