The Hal window will open more slowly compared to heads because the 'fullbodies' are bigger files.
The floating might be something to do with the rest of the hap, usually the command on its own moves her straight into position, though I don't know why the 'send query' pops up.
Not specifying the 'figure=' parameter shouldn't make a difference, but give it a try.
Your system is set-up now to always open haps with Notepad, so to change that go to windows 'Control Panel' and then choose 'Folder Options'..then click the 'File Types' tag at the top.
Scroll down till you find ".hap", make sure it is just ".hap"
Now look in the Details box and there should be a button that says 'Restore'. Click on that and it should return it to the default, which will be to use no type of opening program.
If you don't see ".hap" in the list then that means Windows has overlooked it, which means you need to add it before you can restore it, to do that...
Click "New" and tap in the extension '.hap' (without the quotes) and click OK. Now it should appear in the list and will show Notepad as its opening program. Now you can do the above and restore it to using no opening program.
Thats how it is set out in windows 2000 and i think 98 was the same. XP - I dont think it changed much, so if you have that then you should be able to figure it out ok from the above.
Changing the program that opens haps won't affect Hal, it's just for when you click on a file so you can have things open in the right or chosen program. Elsewhere things should work as normal...well I like to hope they do!
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