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Choose a Different Editor

For editing the backed up files, you can either use the default editor or choose a different editor such as, notepad, wordpad, and so on.

To use an editor other than the default DSM editor to edit your files

1. Navigate to the Control Panel, Configuration, File Collection folder.

   The defined file collection definitions appear.

2. Right-click the file definition you want to open in a different editor, and select Properties.

   The File Collection Properties dialog appears.

3. Select the Open with field, specify the complete path to the editor, and click OK.

   The DSM Explorer uses the selected application to edit the selected file.

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Add new file collection definition