----- Original Message -----
From: james ashley
Subject: [PCSOFT] Gibberish in files


> Hi All: At the risk of sounding totally stupid....I've
> opened many files (recently;icache) and I find text which
> is complete gibberish. Appears to be coded, naturally, and
> I would really like to determine the content of these
> files. Is there a method of "de-coding" and why exactly are
> they written in this type of text?
> Thanks in advance for any info.
>
> Jim Ashley

Jim,

I have found that using 'quickview' often opens the file to something
readable. It does not work for all file types, however. And even if it does
open the file, it will not always give you very many clues as to what the
file contains or does. HTH

Alan Thompson

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