Client_configuration (cc_config.xml)

<cc_config>
<log_flags>
<work_fetch_debug>1</work_fetch_debug>
</log_flags>
</cc_config>
Seems OK?

Yes. Now try "Read config files" from BOINC Manager's Advanced menu again.

Every time I copy and paste it becomes text, even though it reads xml prior.

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Same message as before.

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Yet, it reads like this:
Client_configuration (cc_config.xml)

<cc_config>
<log_flags>
<work_fetch_debug>1</work_fetch_debug>
</log_flags>
</cc_config>

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Every time I copy and paste it becomes text, even though it reads xml prior.

The contents in Notepad will always be plain text. It's the file name you have to be careful with.

You must use 'Save As', not just save.
You must ensure that the file name doesn't end in '.txt'
You must change 'Save as type' to 'All files'

Perhaps restart computer? Restart BOINC?

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I did that, although not the first time this morning.

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Yet, it reads like this:
Client_configuration (cc_config.xml)

<cc_config>
<log_flags>
<work_fetch_debug>1</work_fetch_debug>
</log_flags>
</cc_config>

Ah. Maybe: the first line shouldn't be inside the file. In notepad, you should only see five lines:

<cc_config>
     <log_flags>
          <work_fetch_debug>1</work_fetch_debug>
     </log_flags>
</cc_config>

Perhaps restart computer? Restart BOINC?

No, neither needed.

<cc_config>
<log_flags>
<work_fetch_debug>1</work_fetch_debug>
</log_flags>
</cc_config>


Yet, still reads as a darn TXT file, not xml. Every time I change it and save it correctly as you said it ends up as a TXT file.

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Ageless has been watching over our shoulders, and kindly supplied this visual aid:



Look very carefully at the 'File name' and 'Save as type' lines, and copy them both exactly.

I am braindead. How do I get to BOINC in my programs to paste, I copyed it. It now finally is an XML.

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I am braindead. How do I get to BOINC in my programs to paste, I copyed it. It now finally is an XML.

Great stuff. Is it in C:\ProgramData\BOINC yet, or do you want to look back at the copying instructions first?

Sure.

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Sure.

Which was that - sure it's in the folder, or sure you need help with copying?

How do I get to program/data/boinc

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It is in Program/data/boinc and it s xml.

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How do I get to program/data/boinc

Open a second Explorer Window - right-click on the yellow folder icon at the bottom of the screen, next to the start button: choose "Windows Explorer", third up from the bottom.

In the top-left box, type

C:\ProgramData\BOINC

(no spaces)

I copied, but need to find where to paste it.

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It is in Program/data/boinc and it s xml.

You beat me to it...

OK, does BOINC Manager - Advanced, 'Read config files' - find it now?