Vista Home Premium SP1, , WLM 14v
What kind of application do I need to open a .dat file ?
I have MS Excel 2003, MS Office Word Viewer 2003, Adobe Reader 8 and Power
Point 2007.
Thank you. t-4-2

"t-4-2" <dhuang1@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:u7w2wtNyJHA.3968@xxxxxx

> Vista Home Premium SP1, , WLM 14v
> What kind of application do I need to open a .dat file ?
> I have MS Excel 2003, MS Office Word Viewer 2003, Adobe Reader 8
> and Power Point 2007.

There are many different types of file that use the .dat extension,
including several Windows system files, so it's impossible to say
what app you need. Since this is a newsgroup dedicated to WLMail,
the only reason I can think of why you've posted here is that you've
received a message with an attachment with a .dat extension. If the
filename is winmail.dat, see here:
http://email.about.com/od/outlooktips/qt/et121705.htm
Otherwise, you'd better tell us a bit more about the file you need
to open - and why.
--
Noel

An attachment was sent to me........ UNKNOWN_PAREMTER_VALUE.dat
I can't open it. However, another recipient was able to open it by using MS
Office 2007. I don't have that.... too cheap to buy.
t-4-2

"Ildhund" <jnllb@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:OLmyD8NyJHA.4272@xxxxxx

> "t-4-2" <dhuang1@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:u7w2wtNyJHA.3968@xxxxxx

>> Vista Home Premium SP1, , WLM 14v
>> What kind of application do I need to open a .dat file ?
>> I have MS Excel 2003, MS Office Word Viewer 2003, Adobe Reader 8 and
>> Power Point 2007.

>
> There are many different types of file that use the .dat extension,
> including several Windows system files, so it's impossible to say what app
> you need. Since this is a newsgroup dedicated to WLMail, the only reason I
> can think of why you've posted here is that you've received a message with
> an attachment with a .dat extension. If the filename is winmail.dat, see
> here:
> http://email.about.com/od/outlooktips/qt/et121705.htm
> Otherwise, you'd better tell us a bit more about the file you need to
> open - and why.
> --
> Noel

I've found a simple way. Change the file name from .dat to .pps. That's all.
t-4-2

"Bill" <forgotit@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:KT_Jl.35040$v8.648@xxxxxx

> Some .dat files can be opened in notepad if its not too large. Depending
> on what the file is used for the contents maybe garbled
>
> Bill
>
> "t-4-2" <dhuang1@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:O#kxYKOyJHA.4244@xxxxxx

>> An attachment was sent to me........ UNKNOWN_PAREMTER_VALUE.dat
>> I can't open it. However, another recipient was able to open it by using
>> MS Office 2007. I don't have that.... too cheap to buy.
>> t-4-2
>>
>> "Ildhund" <jnllb@xxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:OLmyD8NyJHA.4272@xxxxxx

>>> "t-4-2" <dhuang1@xxxxxx> wrote in message
>>> news:u7w2wtNyJHA.3968@xxxxxx
>>>> Vista Home Premium SP1, , WLM 14v
>>>> What kind of application do I need to open a .dat file ?
>>>> I have MS Excel 2003, MS Office Word Viewer 2003, Adobe Reader 8 and
>>>> Power Point 2007.
>>>
>>> There are many different types of file that use the .dat extension,
>>> including several Windows system files, so it's impossible to say what
>>> app you need. Since this is a newsgroup dedicated to WLMail, the only
>>> reason I can think of why you've posted here is that you've received a
>>> message with an attachment with a .dat extension. If the filename is
>>> winmail.dat, see here:
>>> http://email.about.com/od/outlooktips/qt/et121705.htm
>>> Otherwise, you'd better tell us a bit more about the file you need to
>>> open - and why.
>>> --
>>> Noel

>>

>

That would be a power point file.

Chances are the file was forwarded through multiple mail systems. For
example, when an AOL user forwards an attachment to a Hotmail user and
the Hotmail user then forwards it on, it may arrive without any file
extension and then it may default to a DAT file.

--

Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm



"t-4-2" <dhuang1@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:#ubgQsOyJHA.4272@xxxxxx

> I've found a simple way. Change the file name from .dat to .pps.
> That's all.
> t-4-2
>
> "Bill" <forgotit@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:KT_Jl.35040$v8.648@xxxxxx

>> Some .dat files can be opened in notepad if its not too large.
>> Depending on what the file is used for the contents maybe garbled
>>
>> Bill
>>
>> "t-4-2" <dhuang1@xxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:O#kxYKOyJHA.4244@xxxxxx

>>> An attachment was sent to me........ UNKNOWN_PAREMTER_VALUE.dat
>>> I can't open it. However, another recipient was able to open it by
>>> using MS Office 2007. I don't have that.... too cheap to buy.
>>> t-4-2
>>>
>>> "Ildhund" <jnllb@xxxxxx> wrote in message
>>> news:OLmyD8NyJHA.4272@xxxxxx
>>>> "t-4-2" <dhuang1@xxxxxx> wrote in message
>>>> news:u7w2wtNyJHA.3968@xxxxxx
>>>>> Vista Home Premium SP1, , WLM 14v
>>>>> What kind of application do I need to open a .dat file ?
>>>>> I have MS Excel 2003, MS Office Word Viewer 2003, Adobe Reader 8
>>>>> and Power Point 2007.
>>>>
>>>> There are many different types of file that use the .dat extension,
>>>> including several Windows system files, so it's impossible to say
>>>> what app you need. Since this is a newsgroup dedicated to WLMail,
>>>> the only reason I can think of why you've posted here is that
>>>> you've received a message with an attachment with a .dat extension.
>>>> If the filename is winmail.dat, see here:
>>>> http://email.about.com/od/outlooktips/qt/et121705.htm
>>>> Otherwise, you'd better tell us a bit more about the file you need
>>>> to open - and why.
>>>> --
>>>> Noel
>>>

>>

See Michael's response...and don't in the future assume that all *.dat files are *.pps files or that *.dat extension should be
associated with Powerpoint(both are accidents waiting to happen).

--
...winston
ms-mvp mail

"t-4-2" <dhuang1@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:#ubgQsOyJHA.4272@xxxxxx

> I've found a simple way. Change the file name from .dat to .pps. That's all.
> t-4-2