Smiddy said:
I run Windows XP on my computer.
I'm trying to open ASC files, but my computer will not let me saying
it doesn't recognise the file types.
How do I get these files to run on my computer?
Windows keeps track of what are called "associations." An association is
knowledge of the appropriate program to use to open a file with a particular
extension. Some of these associations are created by default, such as the
association of txt file with notepad. Other associations are created (or
changed from an existing one) when you install a particular piece of
software.
For example, Windows, by itself, has no idea what to do with an xls file.
When you install Microsoft Excel, it creates an association between xls
files and Excel, and from them on, when you double-click an xls file it will
open in Excel. If you double-click a jpg file, by default, Windows opens it
in Picture and Fax Viewer because it comes with that association, but if you
install a program like Irfanview, it changes the association for jpg files
to open them with Irfanview.
There are hundreds, if not thousands, of different extensions. Most of these
have no meaning to any particular computer running Windows because the
appropriate program to use them hasn't been installed and no extension has
been created. That is apparently the case with your computer and asc
files.Looking up asc on
http://www.filext.com/ (a good resource to know
about, by the way) , it appears to be a text file, so Notepad would be a
good choice with which to open them
Since you apparently have no association on your computer for asc, you can
create one yourself. Here's how.find *any* asc file, right-click on it, and
choose "Open with." Select Notepad from the list, and check the box "Always
use this program..."
