I did that -- that's what I'm saying -- there was no "open with" selection so I picked the edit option and it tried to run the file. --le ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tyler Littlefield" <tyler@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 2010 11:00 PM Subject: Re: .bat files hit applications, then go down to edit. or just open it in notepad, ctro+o, tab to file type and hit a for all files. Thanks, Tyler Littlefield http://tds-solutions.net Twitter: sorressean On Jun 30, 2010, at 9:57 PM, qubit wrote: > I have a .bat file that I downloaded from somewhere. Not wanting to > unleash > something I didn't know about, I tried editing it, but no matter how I > opened the file, it gave me the run dialog and asked if I wanted to run > it. > I don't know how to analyze this file. Does anyone have any ideas? > Thx. > --le > > __________ > View the list's information and change your settings at > //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind > __________ View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind __________ View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind