Start .xml

How do I get XP to run a .xml file.

I.E. wants to take over this file type.

It is used to make a disk image.

Thanks,
Andy

| How do I get XP to run a .xml file.
|
| I.E. wants to take over this file type.
|
| It is used to make a disk image.
|

There's no such thing as running an XML file.
It's just text-based data storage. IE is a good
way to look at it visually. If it's used to make
a disk image then there must be some program
that's using it to store specs. It wouldn't
do anything on its own.

Andy wrote:
How do I get XP to run a .xml file.

I.E. wants to take over this file type.

It is used to make a disk image.

Thanks,
Andy

Can't run them but you can view them.
I use XML Notepad 2007.
Makes them a bit easier to edit and understand the general layout
of xml.

Andy wrote:
How do I get XP to run a .xml file.

I.E. wants to take over this file type.

It is used to make a disk image.

Thanks,
Andy

Think of it this way.

It's a .txt

It's a good way to hold settings for stuff,
in a barely readable format (hard on the eyeballs).

It doesn't execute. It is not .exe or .dll or .scr.

HTH,
Paul

How do I get XP to run a .xml file.

I.E. wants to take over this file type.

It is used to make a disk image.

Thanks,
Andy

Some app you have saved a configuration to reuse as a .XML

The .XML contains the configuration for the app.

usually an app will allow saving many different configurations.

What app did that?

Run the app and load that .xml configuration.

On Tuesday, December 23, 2014 1:15:16 PM UTC-6, OldGuy wrote:
How do I get XP to run a .xml file.

I.E. wants to take over this file type.

It is used to make a disk image.

Thanks,
Andy

Some app you have saved a configuration to reuse as a .XML

The .XML contains the configuration for the app.

usually an app will allow saving many different configurations.

What app did that?

Run the app and load that .xml configuration.

A vbs scripts uses the .xml file, but the script is not working correctly.

It is supposed to only run once per day, but it runs more than once.

Andy

This has already been addressed in the VBS group.
If it makes sense to post in more than one group it
should be crossposted, so that everyone sees the same
thread. Otherwise people in both groups are wasting their
time.

In this case it's not an XP question at all. It's a VBS question.

On Thursday, December 25, 2014 2:38:10 PM UTC-6, Mayayana wrote:
This has already been addressed in the VBS group.
If it makes sense to post in more than one group it
should be crossposted, so that everyone sees the same
thread. Otherwise people in both groups are wasting their
time.

In this case it's not an XP question at all. It's a VBS question.

Since I am running the script in XP, it is related.

Many in this group are familiar with scripts, bat files, etc.

My post in the script group resulted in some folks arguing with no useful help.

I have heard of crossposting, but don't know how to do it.

Andy

| My post in the script group resulted in some folks arguing with no useful
help.

Yes, I noticed that. I was staying out of it.
Those arguments can go on a long time.
Maybe you can figure out where the problem is
in the .vbs and re-post there.

| I have heard of crossposting, but don't know how to do it.
|

Frankly, I'm not sure myself. I've never tried it.
I assume it's just posting one post to 2 groups, like
one would send an email to two people, as opposed to
posting two different emails.

Andy wrote:
On Thursday, December 25, 2014 2:38:10 PM UTC-6, Mayayana wrote:
This has already been addressed in the VBS group.
If it makes sense to post in more than one group it
should be crossposted, so that everyone sees the same
thread. Otherwise people in both groups are wasting their
time.

In this case it's not an XP question at all. It's a VBS question.

Since I am running the script in XP, it is related.

Many in this group are familiar with scripts, bat files, etc.

My post in the script group resulted in some folks arguing with no useful
help.

I have heard of crossposting, but don't know how to do it.

Andy

When you hit "Reply Group", you add (type in) the other newsgroups to the
Newsgroups: line (separated by commas). That way it goes out to the
relevant newsgroups all together.

Mayayana wrote:
My post in the script group resulted in some folks arguing with no useful
help.

Yes, I noticed that. I was staying out of it.
Those arguments can go on a long time.
Maybe you can figure out where the problem is
in the .vbs and re-post there.

I have heard of crossposting, but don't know how to do it.


Frankly, I'm not sure myself. I've never tried it.
I assume it's just posting one post to 2 groups, like
one would send an email to two people, as opposed to
posting two different emails.

Exactly. Two or more. And they all get the same message. The technique
to do this is mentioned in my previous post.

On Sun, 28 Dec 2014 18:33:15 -0800 (PST), Andy
wrote:

I have heard of crossposting, but don't know how to do it.


Please do not send the same message separately to more than one
newsgroup (called multiposting). Doing so just fragments the thread,
so someone who answers in one newsgroup doesn't always get to see
answers from others in another newsgroup. And for those who read all
the newsgroups the message is multiposted to, they see the message
multiple times instead of once (they would see it only once if you
correctly crossposted instead). This wastes everyone's time, and gets
you poorer help than you should get.

If you must send the same message to more than one newsgroup, please
do so by crossposting -- sending a single message simultaneously to
multiple newsgroups (but only to a *few* related newsgroups).

To crosspost (send a single message simultaneously to multiple
newsgroups) simply address to more than one newsgroup. Separate the
newsgroup names with semicolons. So, for example, instead of sending
it to just microsoft.public.windowsxp.general, you could send it to
microsoft.public.windowsxp.general; alt.windows7.general

In message , "Ken Blake,
MVP" writes:
[]
To crosspost (send a single message simultaneously to multiple
newsgroups) simply address to more than one newsgroup. Separate the
newsgroup names with semicolons. So, for example, instead of sending
it to just microsoft.public.windowsxp.general, you could send it to
microsoft.public.windowsxp.general; alt.windows7.general

I'm not sure if all news clients take both possibilities; some take a
comma, some a semicolon, some either, but I'm not sure all take either.

One of Andy's posts includes the header line

User-Agent: G2/1.0

which I _think_ means he's posting via the "Google Groups" web
interface; I don't know how you crosspost in that.
--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

Today, I dare say more people know who starred as /The Vicar of Dibley/ than
know the name of the vicar of their local parish. - Clive Anderson, Radio
Times 15-21 January 2011.

On Monday, December 29, 2014 12:08:27 PM UTC-6, Ken Blake, MVP wrote:
On Sun, 28 Dec 2014 18:33:15 -0800 (PST), Andy
wrote:

I have heard of crossposting, but don't know how to do it.


Please do not send the same message separately to more than one
newsgroup (called multiposting). Doing so just fragments the thread,
so someone who answers in one newsgroup doesn't always get to see
answers from others in another newsgroup. And for those who read all
the newsgroups the message is multiposted to, they see the message
multiple times instead of once (they would see it only once if you
correctly crossposted instead). This wastes everyone's time, and gets
you poorer help than you should get.

If you must send the same message to more than one newsgroup, please
do so by crossposting -- sending a single message simultaneously to
multiple newsgroups (but only to a *few* related newsgroups).

To crosspost (send a single message simultaneously to multiple
newsgroups) simply address to more than one newsgroup. Separate the
newsgroup names with semicolons. So, for example, instead of sending
it to just microsoft.public.windowsxp.general, you could send it to
microsoft.public.windowsxp.general; alt.windows7.general

I disagree that I am wasting anyone's time.

I have multi-posted for years and only had 3 people complain.

I see multi-posts all the time and it does not bother me.

I will consider cross posting.

Andy

On Mon, 29 Dec 2014 18:29:33 +0000, "J. P. Gilliver (John)"
wrote:

In message , "Ken Blake,
MVP" writes:
[]
To crosspost (send a single message simultaneously to multiple
newsgroups) simply address to more than one newsgroup. Separate the
newsgroup names with semicolons. So, for example, instead of sending
it to just microsoft.public.windowsxp.general, you could send it to
microsoft.public.windowsxp.general; alt.windows7.general

I'm not sure if all news clients take both possibilities; some take a
comma, some a semicolon, some either, but I'm not sure all take either.

One of Andy's posts includes the header line

User-Agent: G2/1.0

which I _think_ means he's posting via the "Google Groups" web
interface; I don't know how you crosspost in that.


Ugh, if that's what he's doing, I don't know how to do it there
either. But he's alienating many folks on Usenet, and he's probably in
many killfiles without realizing it.

Google groups is a great place to look up prior posts, but it's a
terrible place to post from.