Guest - Bobb - Posted June 27, 2008 Posted June 27, 2008 I did a Google search but couldn't get "right keywords" to find appropriate answer. If not a quick answer, maybe just a URL/pointer. I run into this occasionally and curious why it happens / how to correct: Background - setup: While online I save a webpage to my Pc as htm, so it saves 2 files "XYZ.htm" file and a " XYZ_files ". Later on, (like today) I notice the god-awfully long filename and want to change it. Here's the filename: " HP Pavilion dv2000-dv6000-dv9000 and Compaq Presario v3000-v6000 Series Notebook PCs - HP Limited Warranty Service Enhancement.htm" and if I open it first - it looks fine - page is displayed just as it was when I was at HP website - all margins/page layout etc. Here's my question: If I try to rename I get a windows " You might corrupt file.... we recommend that you open the file and do a " Save As". If I do that - the layout gets messed up - fonts change etc. SO I figure , OK - there's SOMETHING it that file when I saved it originally that sees a difference so let me just go ahead and rename both files. So I rename HP Pavilion dv2000-dv6000-dv9000 and Compaq Presario v3000-v6000 Series Notebook PCs - HP Limited Warranty Service Enhancement.htm to HP Pavilion dv6000 Series Warranty Enhancement.htm and rename HP Pavilion dv2000-dv6000-dv9000 and Compaq Presario v3000-v6000 Series Notebook PCs - HP Limited Warranty Service Enhancement_files to HP Pavilion dv6000 Series Warranty Enhancement_files. I open THAT and - messed up - just as the other is. I rename back to original and - looks good again. 1. Why does it get messed up ? , and 2. other than revisiting a webpage and saving again with new name, how to avoid distorting the layout/fonts etc. 3. Or cannot avoid it because "something" is imbedded into file ? Thanks. PS: reason for wanting to rename has to do with "browsing that folder". I find that later on, when I try to download a file and do a " Save As" and point to that folder, in the folder browser popup window where I'm choosing to save the file, the spacing between file columns is " as wide as the widest filename", so if I have a LOT of files in there, AND if the spacing between each column is a wide as the 'FILENAME ABOVE', then I might have to scroll a long time to the right to find something that I want to overwrite or to see if a name is in use. ( That's how I just noticed that "something in the " My Documents" folder has a very long filename". )
Guest Leonard Grey Posted June 27, 2008 Posted June 27, 2008 Re: Save htm file - rename later, corrupts display XYZ.htm and XYZ_files are linked together. If you rename XYZ files the links will be broken. If you delete XYZ files the content referenced by XYZ.htm will be missing and XYZ.htm will look strange. --- Leonard Grey Errare humanum est - Bobb - wrote: > I did a Google search but couldn't get "right keywords" to find > appropriate answer. If not a quick answer, maybe just a URL/pointer. I > run into this occasionally and curious why it happens / how to correct: > Background - setup: > While online I save a webpage to my Pc as htm, so it saves 2 files > "XYZ.htm" file and a " XYZ_files ". > Later on, (like today) I notice the god-awfully long filename and want > to change it. > Here's the filename: > " HP Pavilion dv2000-dv6000-dv9000 and Compaq Presario v3000-v6000 > Series Notebook PCs - HP Limited Warranty Service Enhancement.htm" > and if I open it first - it looks fine - page is displayed just as it > was when I was at HP website - all margins/page layout etc. > > Here's my question: > If I try to rename I get a windows " You might corrupt file.... we > recommend that you open the file and do a " Save As". If I do that - the > layout gets messed up - fonts change etc. SO I figure , OK - there's > SOMETHING it that file when I saved it originally that sees a difference > so let me just go ahead and rename both files. So I rename > > HP Pavilion dv2000-dv6000-dv9000 and Compaq Presario v3000-v6000 Series > Notebook PCs - HP Limited Warranty Service Enhancement.htm > to > HP Pavilion dv6000 Series Warranty Enhancement.htm > and rename > HP Pavilion dv2000-dv6000-dv9000 and Compaq Presario v3000-v6000 Series > Notebook PCs - HP Limited Warranty Service Enhancement_files > to > HP Pavilion dv6000 Series Warranty Enhancement_files. > > I open THAT and - messed up - just as the other is. > I rename back to original and - looks good again. > 1. Why does it get messed up ? , and > 2. other than revisiting a webpage and saving again with new name, how > to avoid distorting the layout/fonts etc. > 3. Or cannot avoid it because "something" is imbedded into file ? > > Thanks. > > PS: reason for wanting to rename has to do with "browsing that folder". > I find that later on, when I try to download a file and do a " Save As" > and point to that folder, in the folder browser popup window where I'm > choosing to save the file, the spacing between file columns is " as wide > as the widest filename", so if I have a LOT of files in there, AND if > the spacing between each column is a wide as the 'FILENAME ABOVE', then > I might have to scroll a long time to the right to find something that I > want to overwrite or to see if a name is in use. ( That's how I just > noticed that "something in the " My Documents" folder has a very long > filename". ) >
Guest PA Bear [MS MVP] Posted June 27, 2008 Posted June 27, 2008 Re: Save htm file - rename later, corrupts display Patient (demonstrating): "Doctor, it hurts when I do this!" Doctor: "Don't do that." Don't do that. -- ~PA Bear - Bobb - wrote: > I did a Google search but couldn't get "right keywords" to find > appropriate answer. If not a quick answer, maybe just a URL/pointer. I run > into this occasionally and curious why it happens / how to correct: > Background - setup: > While online I save a webpage to my Pc as htm, so it saves 2 files > "XYZ.htm" file and a " XYZ_files ". > Later on, (like today) I notice the god-awfully long filename and want to > change it. > Here's the filename: > " HP Pavilion dv2000-dv6000-dv9000 and Compaq Presario v3000-v6000 Series > Notebook PCs - HP Limited Warranty Service Enhancement.htm" > and if I open it first - it looks fine - page is displayed just as it was > when I was at HP website - all margins/page layout etc. > > Here's my question: > If I try to rename I get a windows " You might corrupt file.... we > recommend that you open the file and do a " Save As". If I do that - the > layout gets messed up - fonts change etc. SO I figure , OK - there's > SOMETHING it that file when I saved it originally that sees a difference > so let me just go ahead and rename both files. So I rename > > HP Pavilion dv2000-dv6000-dv9000 and Compaq Presario v3000-v6000 Series > Notebook PCs - HP Limited Warranty Service Enhancement.htm > to > HP Pavilion dv6000 Series Warranty Enhancement.htm > and rename > HP Pavilion dv2000-dv6000-dv9000 and Compaq Presario v3000-v6000 Series > Notebook PCs - HP Limited Warranty Service Enhancement_files > to > HP Pavilion dv6000 Series Warranty Enhancement_files. > > I open THAT and - messed up - just as the other is. > I rename back to original and - looks good again. > 1. Why does it get messed up ? , and > 2. other than revisiting a webpage and saving again with new name, how to > avoid distorting the layout/fonts etc. > 3. Or cannot avoid it because "something" is imbedded into file ? > > Thanks. > > PS: reason for wanting to rename has to do with "browsing that folder". > I find that later on, when I try to download a file and do a " Save As" > and point to that folder, in the folder browser popup window where I'm > choosing to save the file, the spacing between file columns is " as wide > as the widest filename", so if I have a LOT of files in there, AND if the > spacing between each column is a wide as the 'FILENAME ABOVE', then I > might have to scroll a long time to the right to find something that I > want to overwrite or to see if a name is in use. ( That's how I just > noticed that "something in the " My Documents" folder has a very long > filename". )
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