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   From: nobody@cox.net   
      
   Notepad opens the file, load it in memory, then close it immediately. You   
   can open the file exclusively, or use FindFirstChangeNotification() to see   
   if the user edited and saved the file outside your process, then prompt the   
   user if he wants to reload the file. See this VB6 sample:   
      
   http://vbnet.mvps.org/code/fileapi/watchedfolder.htm   
      
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