From: G6JPG@255soft.uk   
      
   On 2026/2/15 16:52:36, Paul wrote:   
   > On Sun, 2/15/2026 9:46 AM, Paul wrote:   
   >> On Sun, 2/15/2026 8:53 AM, J. P. Gilliver wrote:   
   []   
      
   >>> I've always been wary of such, in case I add something that was just a   
   >>> genuine mistype, as I don't know where the dictionary is nor how to edit   
   >>> it. Anyone know?   
   []   
      
   >> I got the hint on what to look for, from an MS Blog entry -- "spellcheck".   
   >>   
   >> MsSpellCheckingHost.exe used by Notepad.exe   
   >>   
   >> C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Spelling\neutral\default.dic   
   >> C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Spelling\en-US\default.exc   
   >>   
   >> C:\Windows\Globalization\ELS\SpellDictionaries\MsSp7en-US.dub   
   >> C:\Windows\Globalization\ELS\SpellDictionaries\MsSp7en-US.lex   
      
   I couldn't find (using Everything) any .dic, .exc, .dub, or .lex file   
   with a Date Modified of this year.   
   >>   
   >> *******   
   >>   
   >> Thunderbird and Firefox have a third-party package (hunspell?). Pan   
   NewsReader   
   []   
      
   >>    C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\dictionaries\en-US.aff    3,074 bytes   
   >>    C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\dictionaries\en-US.dic  576,688 bytes   
      
   Or .aff .   
   []   
      
   >    "There are two ways of editing the Personal Dictionary.   
   >     Either via Thunderbird or by accessing the    persdict.dat   
   >     file in the 'profile name' folder.   
   >    "   
   >   
   > The file extension appears to be a different choice.   
   >   
   >   Paul   
   >   
   However - thanks - I did find persdict.bat with yesterday's date.   
      
   It appears to be Thunderbird-specific.   
      
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