by Anonymous on October 22nd, 2008

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How do I open a DAT file (sent as an attachment to an email) with Vista?

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by barsoom_redux on October 22nd, 2008
Right-click it.
Select "Open with..."
Choose "Notepad."

.dat files are different depending on the program that created them. For example, my virus-checker will attach a .dat file to any message with an attachment that is basically a .txt fie that tells you "This message was scanned and is virus free."

However most .dat files are text of some form or another and notepad should give you an idea which program to use to get the best out of the file.

Hope this helps.
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- NOTE BOOK WONT OPEN IT WHAT NOW
  
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  by rdnkmom on November 9th, 2008
- Okay... First save it to a temporary directory.
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  Close your mail client and any other programs you might be running.
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  Ensure that your anti-virus and registry-protection programs are up-to-date.
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  Use Explorer to open the temp dir and double-click the file.
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  Windows will prompt you to "search the web" for a compatible program.
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  Go to the page Windows indicates and pray that there's enough info to determine the originating program.
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  If that doesn't help, you could always e-mail the sender and ask them WTF?
  
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by iwnit on October 22nd, 2008
"If you want to view the winmail.dat file and see the message, there are programs that decode the file and allow you to view it. Listed below you will find some of these programs.

Fentun
Will work on Win9X, NT, and 2000 computers. But does not work on Windows XP

WMDecode
Program using a simple drag and drop procedure to view winmail.dat contents

TNEF's Enough
Macintosh program to decode winmail.dat TNEF attachments"
Source and further information:
http://www.pchell.com/support/winmaildat.shtml

Further information:
http://facstaff.gpc.edu/~jbenson/resource/winmail.htm
http://www.netadmintools.com/art121.html
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