It appears the file association for .wps is wrong. Do you have MS Works
installed on your PC? If so, right click the .wps file, select "open with
choose program," select MS Works and mark the box to always use the program.
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Regards
Ron Badour
MS MVP 1997 - 2007
"Barney" <Barney@Zihuatanejo.com> wrote in message
news:73FC66E4-A8F3-460A-A260-5B53277853E6@microsoft.com...
> Thanks for your reply.
>
> Yes, it's exactly what I wanted. I did as instructed but the file did not
> come on. A certain program came on instead, Power Desk from VCom. I
> checked
> "Startup" and I can see "Shortcut to Reminder.lnk"
>
> "Ron Badour" wrote:
>
>> What are you wanting to happen with the reminder.wps file? Do you want
>> the
>> letter to open when the PC is booted? If so, right click the file and
>> create a shortcut. Right click the shortcut and select cut. Right
>> click
>> the start button and select Explore. Double click on Programs, right
>> click
>> on Startup and select paste. If you want something different, you need
>> to
>> specify exactly what it is.
>> --
>> Regards
>>
>> Ron Badour
>> MS MVP 1997 - 2007
>>
>>
>> "Barney" <Barney@Zihuatanejo.com> wrote in message
>> news:4B671A0C-84A7-4FC1-B593-B932720FE14E@microsoft.com...
>> >I would like to attach a file, Reminder.wps, to the Startup Menu. I had
>> >it
>> > for years but after a reformat, forgot how to do it.
>> >
>> > I tried to "Move" the file to Startup but it's another program that
>> > shows
>> > up
>> > similar to Window Explorer, PowerDesk. I guess it was the wrong way.
>> >
>> > Thank you
>>
>>
>>