Stop UltraEdit "File is probably not DOS format" Error Message
If you use UltraEdit as your text editor and edit a lot of Linux/Unix files, you've no doubt encountered the "File is probably not DOS format" message every single time you open a file. So irritating…
There's an easy fix to get around this frustrating error message:
Just go to Advanced \ Configuration from the dropdown menu.
In the Configuration dialog, choose File Handling and then DOS/UNIX/MAC Handling in the left-hand tree menu.
Under UNIX/MAC file detection/conversion, just choose Disable to make the error message go away. UltraEdit will no longer prompt you to convert the files, but don't worry, it will keep them in their original format.
The Geek is the founder of How-To Geek and a geek enthusiast. When he's not coming up with great how-to articles, he's probably writing at his personal blog. This article was written on 05/30/07 and tagged with: Programming
Hi,
Thanks for the great Tip. I was really irritated with the error message, till I read your article!!
Thanks!!