Need help posting from documents folder on new computer (vanity)

My old laptop (with Windows 8.1) was showing its' age, so I recently replaced it with a new HP (running Windows 11). I transferred all my pictures, documents, videos etc. via a thumb drive and thought everything would be fine. I was in for an awakening.

I’m confused. I’m not aware that you can post graphics or files directly from your computer to FR. For graphics, they need to be saved on the web and then linked to with an IMG tag. If you want text, you open the text file on your computer and highlight the text you want, right click and choose copy, return to FR and choose past the same way. (Ctrl-C and Ctrl-V are the shortcuts).

If you are saying that you cant open your files, you need an Office application like Libre Office (free) or Microsoft Office (365 latest version and is paid).

If that’s not what you are asking, you need to be more specific so I can understand your problem.

In addition to the Open/Libre Office suggestions already offered.
(The above is IMneverHO the most flexible and permanent solution.)

You could try copying a link from one of your own FR posts.

While using your BROWSER viewing one of your posts with the link in it:
Right click on one of your links and select ‘copy link’.
Then paste it into a FR post and edit the text if desired.

There are two MSFT office work a likes I know of, Libre Office and Open Office. Both are free. I have used Libre office to make documents and spreadsheets and it is very comparable to MSFT Office. I have not used Open Office. Perhaps one of these will do your bidding.

Personally I use MSFT Office 2003, the last version before MSFT, in my opinion, ruined Office with that silly ribbon.

By golly I think you have found a fix. I'm still trying to work up the nerve to try it, but here is what I found. First of all, the ones that are giving me trouble all say that they are in "rich text format". Right-clicking on what's called New Rich Text Document (which contains all my individual FReepathon files) brings up a screen that includes "Open With".

When I click on that, it brings up three choices. Word, Search the Microsoft Store, or choose another app. Clicking on "choose another app" asks if I want to keep using this app (Word is highlighted), or look for more apps. Oh yeah, before I click on "choose another app", I do see a box on the screen that can be checked, which says "Always use this app to open rtf files. I assume once I choose WordPad, I will want to check that box.

Anyway, when I clicked on "more apps", Notepad, Windows Media Player, and WordPad were the first three choices that come up.

Does all of this sound like what you described as what I would hope to expect. If so, I may go ahead and take a deep breath, click on WordPad, and try this out. At this point I guess I don't have a lot to lose.

Give er a try.

If the .rtf files open in Wordpad after you try it a few times, then go ahead and set Wordpad as the default.

The only real risk is if you have .rtf (rich text format) files somewhere that have formatting unrecognizable to Wordpad

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