Question

could not find an editor for H (.) files

Asked by: ComiumSupport

kindly note that a new signature with a logo need to be inserted on Microsoft office 2003.

Please note that i have a windows vista with SP2 as an Operating System.

note that we have the error message attached.

Best Regards;

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2009-06-05 at 06:46:35ID24466953
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Outlook Groupware Software

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Answers

 

by: marmata75Posted on 2009-06-05 at 07:17:57ID: 24556655

Try this one:

Go to your Internet options (either through IE or Control Panel), go to the programs tab, and change HTML Editing from Microsoft Office Word to notepad. Notepad will now launch when you click the advanced editing feature. When you are done editing simply go to file and save, and you signature will be updated in the Outlook preview window.

And have a look at the following thread too:

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/itprovistaapps/thread/2dabde5c-a12a-4b7b-8032-d2a62b38200c

Cheers,
]\/[arco

 

by: ComiumSupportPosted on 2009-06-08 at 04:41:39ID: 24570801

It doesn't work this method.

 

by: marmata75Posted on 2009-06-08 at 05:30:02ID: 24571094

Is it returning the same error, or is notepad starting, but you cannot paste your signature correctly?
Also, if you right click on an .html file and select edit, does it open in otepad (or some other program!) or does it ask for the program to use?

Cheers,
]\/[arco

 

by: ComiumSupportPosted on 2009-06-08 at 05:32:01ID: 24571112

Is it returning the same error.

 

by: marmata75Posted on 2009-06-08 at 05:35:32ID: 24571133

if you right click on an .html file and select edit, does it open in otepad (or some other program!) or does it ask for the program to use?

 

by: ceroberts75Posted on 2009-07-29 at 15:01:14ID: 24975149

I have the same problem.  when selecting "advanced edit" to customize with logos, etc.  i get the same error.

it happens on my Vista 32bit running MS Office 2003, but works fine on my XP Pro running MS Office 2003.


question--

if i create them on the pc with XP Pro, is there a way to just put them into a folder on the Vista unit to get it to see the signitures?  i have been unable to find the signitures on Vista?

that may be a simple way to band-aid this for now.

thank you for your help

 

by: ceroberts75Posted on 2009-07-29 at 15:35:25ID: 24975366

ok,  so i found this to work just fine.

if you have 2 different PC's, and one is on XP Pro, then create your signitures on the XP Pro pc.

then, from the XP Pro unit, go to:

c:\documents and settings\(user ID)\application data\microsoft\signitures

copy the entire folder contents to a flash drive or something so that you can transfer the information to another pc.  (if you email it, be sure to zip the folder first)


then on the Vista unit, go to:

c:\users\(user id)\appdata\roaming\microsoft\signitures

delete all the data in the signitures folder and replace with the other signitures from the XP copy.


This will give you all your signitures that you are able to use on your other XP unit with your Vista unit.

This is definately a Vista bug.



if you do not have an XP pc to do this, you can try the following as a work around as well:

start a new email message
options (down arrow)
select e-mail signitures

and you can create a signiture there, and then go into your regular mail settings that set those signitures as required.

 

by: marmata75Posted on 2009-07-29 at 22:49:03ID: 24976964

Good workaround!
However if when right clicking on an html file and selecting 'edit' you have the same error, that's because the html files are not correctly associated with the editor program. Not properly a bug of Vista, but some program that wrote fake informatinos in the registry. :(

Cheers,
]\/[arco

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