moore4807 -> RE: Don't remember how to save turn files - (got a new computer) (10/20/2020 3:21:39 AM)
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I agree with your assessment BBfanboy - I've NEVER been asked for an association until I just loaded my laptop with the game.. got my PBEM turn and tried to download it - there is now a box below my Yahoo mail that opens and asks "What do you want to do with wpae001? (and wpae005 too) so I choose save to file. THATS where it gets screwy. It tells me "Cannot download wpae#001 need authorization" I've never seen this appear before, I went through Yahoo - they claim its Microsoft (no surprise there) Microsoft doesn't even recognize .pws files in Win10, So again I'm still agreeing with you.. Now I sent Microsoft a screenshot of my problem and I got what I consider a lightning fast response from them. "Expert assistance Matt" told me that I'm missing an authorization that can be found in my apps - he recommended Paint as .pws is a "video file" (really?) and used for business graphics. So he sounded so positive I figured while he was so sure in chat, I'd give it a whirl... BAD move - now I get a Microsoft failure notice saying Paint is NOT the correct application to open .pws files...lol Suddenly Matt isn't so helpful and says he has to research something as he's never seen that happen before... (Yeah I bet you haven't..) anyway he soon disconnected from chat leaving me high and dry and finding out how to dis-associate my app from the file type on my own. So I agree in 10 years of playing - I've NEVER needed to associate a file type to the .pws, much less the game - AND why do I suddenly need "authorization" to even download a file to my computer... That seems screwy in itself. So I read Nomad's post with interest, figuring it may lead me to my answer... TY for the idea though - going back into the rabbit's hole now to investigate..
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