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Microsoft => Microsoft Windows => Windows Server => Topic started by: abylin1 on December 20, 2008, 03:09:50 PM

Title: copy/paste adds bad characters to the file
Post by: abylin1 on December 20, 2008, 03:09:50 PM

I am working on Windows Server 2003.  I am simply trying to copy a file from one folder to another on the same drive, but after doing the copy/paste, I open the file at the destination and all sorts of bad characters have been added to the file.  What can I do to stop this from happening? 

Title: Re: copy/paste adds bad characters to the file
Post by: Dusty on December 20, 2008, 03:16:04 PM

Welcome to the CH forums.

More info please - If the input file was created using a word processor then you copy/paste and open it with a non-word processor program the WP control characters will be displayed.

Also see this (http://www.computerhope.com/forum/index.php/topic,72426.0.html) post for a similar unresolved problem.