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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.
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| I.E. wants to take over this file type.
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| It is used to make a disk image.
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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 said:
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
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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 said:
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
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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
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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.
 
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.
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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.
 
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.
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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.
 
I have heard of crossposting, but don't know how to do it.
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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 <[email protected]>, "Ken Blake,
MVP said:
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
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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.
 
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
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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
 
In message <[email protected]>, "Ken Blake,

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.
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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.
 
I disagree that I am wasting anyone's time.

I have multi-posted for years and only had 3 people complain.
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When you do things in Usenet that you shouldn't, not everyone
complains. Many folks just killfile you.

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

I will consider cross posting.
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Your choice entirely.
 
Did you check back in the VBS group? I posted
something that may be of help, though I'm
not sure.
 
When you do things in Usenet that you shouldn't, not everyone
complains. Many folks just killfile you.
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No problem. If someone does not want to cheerfully give, then they should not "pretend" to help others.

Most of the readers gladly help and don't get upset over petty things.

I have better things to do.

Andy
 
No problem. If someone does not want to cheerfully give, then they
should not "pretend" to help others.

Most of the readers gladly help and don't get upset over petty
things.
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If you were considerate of others, nobody would "pretend."
I have better things to do.
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Like wasting other people's time, since you obviously think yours is
more valuable.
 
Andy said:
Most of the readers gladly help and don't get upset over petty things.
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What was the question exactly ?

The original post left everything to the imagination.

1) What are you trying to do. State the objectives.
"I want some disk backup to run, and the software
I'm using is Macrium Reflect."

We need background, to understand why you have a
sudden interest in a file ending in .xml. Such files
are about as exciting as .txt files, and the file has
no "super-powers" of its own.

2) What tools do you intend to use ? Is it Macrium Reflect,
and some VBS script ? Or something else. Paint us a picture
that makes sense.

3) What is your current status ? Where are you stuck ?
Have you written a script ? Will you be writing
a script ? What facilities does the tool provide
so it can be scripted ?

Your post could be quite a bit longer, if you
really expected help.

The more precise the question, the more relevant the answer.

Suitable programs for opening .xml would be Wordpad
or Notepad. They allow you to edit the file, change
some preferences and so on. How other applications
use an .xml, is purely their own business. It would
be silly to make the default for .xml, to have Macrium
Reflect open it. That is unlikely to be the primary
input file format for the program. The .xml file is in
some ways, like the Registry, and contains information
similar to a hive you've put in the Registry.

Some modern document formats, consist of what is
effectively a ZIP file, containing a number of folders,
and an XML file to glue it together. This is all
kept inside the ZIP file, and the extension is changed
to hide the details. This is a technique borrowed from
Apple, in which case Apple uses Disk Images with a whole
environment inside, to launch stuff. A bare XML file
by itself is normally relatively useless. And since XML
files can commonly be used to store program preferences,
"binding" one particular program to always open any
..xml you click, would be a mistake (it's bad enough as
it is, that the OS binds XML to Internet Explorer). There's
got to be a better way than that, using a file extension
custom made for the program itself.

Paul
 
It's already solved in the VBS group. He was
using a VBScript that wasn't working properly
and apparently got sidetracked into thinking an
XML file might be the problem.
 
It's already solved in the VBS group. He was
using a VBScript that wasn't working properly
and apparently got sidetracked into thinking an
XML file might be the problem.
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And since he rudely declined to crosspost or let anybody else know what
had happened, people in all the other groups he multi-posted to are
still running around, kindly spending their valuable time trying to
resolve his problem, which was never adequately defined in the first
place.

What an inconsiderate, lazy dick.
 
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