.dat extensions - opening a MediaFace file

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Does anyone know how to open extensions downloaded / sent by
e-mail? I have received a Media Face project which I was
expecting but I can't seem to open it. I have gone into Control
Panel > Folder Options > File Types, and have tried putting in
the extension that is showing in the attachment - which is
".dat". However my computer says another program is using .dat.
I then scrolled down the Advanced tab and tried clicking on
"MediaFace Project" but that made no difference.

I don't think MediaFace it is actually a .dat extension. I
thought the .dat extension was to do with system files. Anyway,
I'm at a loss as to how to deal with this. Any ideas anyone?

Many thanks.

scot
 
Do you have Media Face installed on YOUR computer?

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
 
Hi,

The .dat extension is not used by any particular program, it is a generic
data extension that is used by a multitude of programs. The .dat file should
be opened with the program that was used to create it.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
 
Richard Urban wrote in message:

Do you have Media Face installed on YOUR computer?

Yes, Richard, I installed it on all 3 computers which are needed
to look at the thing I am working on. That's what I meant when I
said I scrolled down to try to make an association with MediaFace
in the "add associations" box. MediaFace came up as a program
because it is on my computer but when I tried to associate .dat
with it, it told me that .dat was associated with something else.
I altered teh association to Media Face but it's still not
opening. I've just noticed that the Media Face Project that came
to me has a .mfp extension. I should probably have set up a new
one so I'll have a go. In the meantime, of course, I have
disassociated the original .dat one with whatever it was
associated with!

scot
 
"Rick "Nutcase" Rogers"> Hi,
The .dat extension is not used by any particular program, it is
a generic data extension that is used by a multitude of
programs. The .dat file should be opened with the program that
was used to create it.
Click to expand...


Ah, well, Rick. Looks like I've messed that one up already. I
should have written it down but have already altered its
association. Not sure if that was right or not. Probably not.
Thanks anyway.
scot
 
Hi,

Go to Folder Options, click on the File types tab, then scroll down and
delete .dat if it's listed. Next time you try to access a .dat file, the
system will prompt you to select a program (just don't enable the "always
use...." option).

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
 
"Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" <
Go to Folder Options, click on the File types tab, then scroll
down and delete .dat if it's listed. Next time you try to
access a .dat file, the system will prompt you to select a
program (just don't enable the "always use...." option).
Click to expand...

Thanks Rick. I must have done that the other day anyway, cos I've
just been to look and the .dat tab was missing.
 
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