How about opening a .dat file with Notepad? If the data make no sense, then
it can be dealt with differently.
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From: "Lynn Evans" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2007 10:05 PM
Subject: Re: [VICUG-L] .DAT FILES
All DAT is about DAT
It wems you will need to know the program taht created the DAT file in the
first place to open it.
Se what Leo says about DAT files.
http://ask-leo.com/whats_a_dat_file.html
Ann DAT is all there is about DAT.
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>From: "Jeff Kenyon" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2007 1:12 PM
Subject: Re: [VICUG-L] .DAT FILES
: IK have .dat files on my DS-60 digital recorder and they are hiden, and I
: clicked on them to look at them, but don't even know what program to look
: at them with. Word Pad shows up nothing.
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: On Wed, 13 Jun 2007, Doreen Yale wrote:
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: > Hi folks:
: > I have received a couple of files with the suffix .dat
: > Can anybody tell me what this suffix means, what kind of file it is
likely
: > to be and whether it is likely to be safe to open it? Windows XP gives
me a
: > cautionary message when i try to open it, saying that it is a file used
by
: > the operating system and opening it could compromise my computer.
: > Any advice please.
: > Thanks.
: > DOREEN YALE.
: >
: >
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