Plain text files that I have previously saved, and not modified or moved, using Windows Notepad, now have characters missing. The URL in each .txt file has the same characters missing, the colon and forward slash. Any ideas?
Text File 1
Has become:
httpcrystalmark.infosoftwareCrystalDiskMarkindex-e.html
Text File 2
Has become:
httpwww.overclock.nett1227597how-to-secure-erase-your-solid-state-drive-ssd-with-parted-magic
This is my routine; I download software, for example BleachBit, from say SourceForge and save it to a folder. Then in the same folder I create a new plain text file using Windows Notepad. I copy the URL of the software I have downloaded from Firefox, and paste the URL into the newly created text file. The reason being, someone else can see exactly where the software originated if there is a problem with the installation. Only 2% of the text files that I have created are exhibiting the above behavior. Any ideas greatly appreciated.
81 Answer
- You have assumed that the text files were modified after saving.
- All the evidence points to the clipboard text being modified by Explorer prior to pasting (but unless you are looking very closely at the time you won't notice the stripped characters).
- In your 2 examples the only characters that have been removed are : and /. These are invalid filename characters.
- They have most likely been removed, at times when the url was on the clipboard. You accidentally pasted while naming a file in Explorer, and the invalid filename characters were stripped from the clipboard contents at that time. Then when you pasted the text into Notepad, unbeknownst to you, some of the characters had already been removed.
