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Old 11-22-2013, 05:36 PM  
Jel
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anyone switch from xp to win7 and solved the editing files on removable media device problem?

I like xp and have hung onto it for as long as I could, but my machine is on life support now, so I gotta make the switch (which I'm looking forward to in the having more than 4gb RAM department), but I'm fucking dreading the issue where you can't edit/resave eg txt files on an external drive that were saved running xp, in win7.

post #10 of this thread about the issue looks like a solution, what I'm after knowing is if it's some kind of global setting that allows me to open everything as administrator, rather than 'run as' administrator: http://www.sevenforums.com/system-se...-txt-file.html

I fucking suck at anything even remotely tech-related, and fully expect to get caned for being such a thick cunt lol, but the issue was so bad when I upgraded my xp machine to win7 that I had to revert back after 2 or 3 days of googling.

It's crucial that I'm able to edit and save files on my external drive, and when I specifically asked the tech guys at the place where I'll likely get my new machine, I got this in response:

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I forgot to include that the Xp situation will happen on any PC including ours as it is something to do with the way XP was built I'm afraid.
There has to be some fix/workaround that doesn't require me going into various menus/submenus each time I want to edit/resave files as I go, but I'm loathe to buy a win7 machine if I don't know for certain that there is, and what it is.

Sincere thanks in advance
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