How to edit semi-plaintext file and maintaining character structure?
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I am using a software (Groupmail from Infacta) that uses exact / absolute %PATHS% for saving some settings in specific semi-plaintext file. This is a really bad idea because you can't move to USER folder, or like my case it does not work after migrating to a new computer with different language. For example:
C:\Documents and Settings\USER\Local Settings\Application Data\Infacta
is different than
C:\Documents and Settings\USER\Configuración local\Datos de programa\Infacta
Obviously, the software does not work well.
I tried to solve this using Find/Replace the new PATH with Notepad++. While the Groupmail software loads well and shows settings correctly, the software fails when trying to save data on that file.
I guess this is because length or number of replaced characters is different and also it corrupt the file.
Please could you help me to edit this file maintaining file integrity / structure?
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