[PB] Perplexing behaviour

[Hector Ignacio Macedo]

I have tried that, but the small area where the "Change all" is, its  
grayed out, does not give me access.  Even as it shows that is a  
TexEdit or any other program the dialog is the same, xxx file can not  
be oppened becaus its used by System 10.4 and so on an do on...

I even changed the name of the Documents folder to no avail. and if I  
try to put the files out of it, it asks for validation, and then it  
closes them without accepting the validating.(password).



On Nov 25, 2006, at 11:31 PM, Philip J Robar wrote:

>
> On Nov 25, 2006, at 5:41 PM, Hector Ignacio Macedo wrote:
>
>> I have a G4 PB into which I saved the documents of my older  
>> computer, but now when I try to open almost any file (most of them  
>> where created with TextEdit, but there were other apps too) the  
>> problem is when I try to open them, a dialog comes telling me that  
>> the document is used by the system and it can not be opened. I  
>> already tried changing ownership and repairing permissions, but to  
>> no avail. Can anyone give me a hint as to what's going on and what  
>> to do to solve this problem?
>
> (This is just a guess.) Do the files have the correct icons for the  
> program that you expect the file to be opened by? If not, then try  
> doing a get info on one the files in question and checking that the  
> program that you want the file to opened by is correct. If this  
> fixes the file then redo the get info and click on the "Change  
> All..." button. Do this for each type of file that doesn't open  
> correctly.
>
>
> Phil
>
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