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Need help - Converting .txt to .CUP

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GM

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Jun 17, 2013, 8:46:09 AM6/17/13
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To all the more computer-savvy glider guiders in the US: I am trying to download the .cup file for SeeYou for Hobbs. All I am getting is a file with a double extension .cup.txt! The instructions given on the exchange server do not work since I have either Google Chrome or IE7 installed. Can anyone tell me how to download the file in the correct format or e-mail the file to ulineumann bei Yahoo punkt com?
Frustrated in Hobbs,

Uli

GM

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Jun 17, 2013, 8:53:22 AM6/17/13
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Never mind - I found the 'Save as' option and it worked!
Not so much frustrated anymore in Hobbs,
Uli

JohnDeRosa

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Jun 17, 2013, 10:22:25 PM6/17/13
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You may be just over thinking the problem. If you ended up with a file called blah.CUP.TXT, just rename the file and delete the .TXT part. Right click and choose "rename". Simple! Save-As is trying too hard!

- John

GM

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Jun 17, 2013, 11:14:09 PM6/17/13
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On Monday, June 17, 2013 8:22:25 PM UTC-6, JohnDeRosa wrote:
> You may be just over thinking the problem. If you ended up with a file called blah.CUP.TXT, just rename the file and delete the .TXT part. Right click and choose "rename". Simple! Save-As is trying too hard!
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> - John

Hi John,
one used to be able to do that in the older IE versions, where the entire file name was shown. In my IE7, no file extensions show up in the name and the only hint that something is fishy is the file type column, which in my case was showing 'TXT-file'. The 'Save-As' option in IE7 saved the day; I have not found that option in Chrome yet.
Uli

steph...@lycos.com

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Jun 18, 2013, 3:46:00 AM6/18/13
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You can see (and change) the file extension in the Windows 7 Explorer if you uncheck the "mask known extensions" option in the map options dialog box.

JohnDeRosa

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Jun 18, 2013, 10:58:43 AM6/18/13
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Uli - I hear you. Each time new browsers come out they make things "better". ;-(

Read one of the following to make file extensions all show up in Windows explorer;

Windows 7 - http://askabouttech.com/how-to-show-file-extension-in-windows-7/
Windows XP - http://support.microsoft.com/kb/865219
Windows Vista - http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-vista/show-or-hide-file-name-extensions

Of course IE7 is way out of date. Microsoft is now up to IE10. Personally I have installed multiple browsers on my Windows 7 machine. Each has its good/bad attributes and I have learned which I need to use, when and for what purpose. I have IE, Firefox and Chrome loaded.

Good luck, John
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