Quark Xpress 6.5

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Hi,

I've got a little problem with Quark Xpress.
It all goes well when I save the files, but then I copy the files to a "Windows 2000 based Server" and store them there, then I try to burn them on a disc from a "Windows XP Based PC" and I try to open the Quark Xpress files they are not recognized and the program to open the file with is unknown.
It shows a little black logo with small green letters in it basically meaning I can't open it, even when I select Quark from a list it refuses to open.

1 Thing which I did find out is that if I put an extension behind the file before burning it (.qxd = Quark file extension) it does work, but looking i have thousands of quark files on that server which I'm not all gonna rename I need a some good tips to put them to a server where they do keep they're extensions and how to easily rename the files which are currently on the server.

I'm running this from a PowerMac G4 OSX 10.3.9.

Thanks In Advance

 

[ElDiabloConCaca]

When you burn the Macintosh QuarkXPress files on a Windows PC, you're most likely losing the resource fork of the file, which is one way Mac OS X uses to identify what files are associated with what program (the other way is the file extension, as you've found out).

The workaround is to burn the files on a Macintosh computer. Another option is to make an archive of the files on the Macintosh computer (right-click or command-click a file or folder, select "Create Archive of..."), then copy that archive to the Windows server, then burn that archive onto a CD. To use the files on a Mac again, simply unarchive the files on the Macintosh and the resource forks should be preserved.