RE: FN-FORUM: Windoze .dat file

date posted 21st March 2006 12:45

I believe it's Outlook Express that has a nasty habit of renaming the file
extension of attached files to .dat. Ask the sender what format it is and
rename the extension accordingly.

HTH

Dave.

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> -----Original Message-----
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> Behalf Of Thorny Bird
> Sent: 21 March 2006 12:59
> To: FN-FORUM / [EMAIL REMOVED]
> Subject: RE: FN-FORUM: Windoze .dat file
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>
> On some occasions you can open the files if you know what
> program created them, e.g. if it were a Quark file goto Open
> in Quark and selected All files from the file type drop down
> box, then select the dat file. If it can read it the Open
> dialog boxes will show you the file details such as version
> file size etc. Just click Open.It doesn't work every time but
> when a dat extraction program reports 'nothing to extract'
> this usually works.
>
> hth
>
> Theresa
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Of Guy Hannaford
> Sent: 21 March 2006 11:18
> To: FN-FORUM / [EMAIL REMOVED]
> Subject: FN-FORUM: Windoze .dat file
>
>
>
> Hi all,
> A client has e-mailed me a load of artwork and the attachment
> has arrived as a .dat file. Does anyone know how to open one
> of these? I've been googling for an answer but nothing I've
> found works (I know, obvious answer is just to ask the client
> to resend data but they're not available for rest of day &
> I'd like not to waste more time). TIA.
> Guy.
>
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