Opening application/octect-stream

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Derrick Fawsitt

I need to open an important file which has been emailed to me as an
application/octet-stream file. I have so for not succeeded in opening
it, can someone please help and although I am not a novice, can you give
me a simple way of doing it. I have infra-view which was supposed to
open all files and has not even opened one for me to date.
Your help would be greatly appreciated.
 
I would ask the sender to confirm what they sent you and what program they
used to create it...

According to this page..

http://ppewww.ph.gla.ac.uk/~flavell/www/content-type.html

....these files are ususlly binaries/executable so I wouldn't expect them to
open in IrFanView which handles mainly graphics or video files.

Be sure they don't contain viruses or trojan horse type programs.
 
CWatters said:
I would ask the sender to confirm what they sent you and what program they
used to create it...

According to this page..

http://ppewww.ph.gla.ac.uk/~flavell/www/content-type.html

...these files are ususlly binaries/executable so I wouldn't expect them to
open in IrFanView which handles mainly graphics or video files.

Be sure they don't contain viruses or trojan horse type programs.
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Thank you so much for the above. I know who has sent me the file so I
know its OK. I think he has MS Office Works and I have had trouble
before with that system.
 
Derrick Fawsitt said:
Thank you so much for the above. I know who has sent me the file so I
know its OK. I think he has MS Office Works and I have had trouble
before with that system.
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Apologies for following on my own posting but I am so frustrated that I
still have no solution for opening the offending email attachment from a
tradesman. I know it contains no viruses as its from a business contact
but I cannot find a way of opening the attachment.
Can someone simply suggest what I do to actually reveal the contents of
the letter he has sent me, surely there must be some software out there
that I can use for this purpose on all occasions.
 
Thank you so much for the above. I know who has sent me the file so I
know its OK. I think he has MS Office Works and I have had trouble
before with that system.
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I'm sure MS Word can open Works files. Try saving the file to disk then
start MS Word. Then do File -> Open and navigate to the file.

If you are still stuck email it to me and I'll have a go (assuming you don't
mind me seeing the content).

(e-mail address removed) (remove BOX to get real email address)
 
CWatters said:
I'm sure MS Word can open Works files. Try saving the file to disk
then start MS Word. Then do File -> Open and navigate to the file.

If you are still stuck email it to me and I'll have a go (assuming you
don't mind me seeing the content).

(e-mail address removed) (remove BOX to get real email address)
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Just another thought: Since you asked for software that might work,
Quick View Pro has the ability to open and read a lot of different file
formats. For instance, I've used QVP to open ancient word processing
files and then save them in a modern format for clients. However, the
absolute easiest thing is to do as suggested in the first answer you
got: call up your business associate and ask them in what program they
created the attachment. Then, if you get these sorts of files from the
associate frequently, invest in that program and install it. Otherwise,
you might want to explain about file formats to your business associate
and see if they can save in an alternate format. So much depends on
what program the business associate used because many programs can open
multiple formats; i.e., MS Word can open Word Perfect and Works files;
Word Perfect can open MS Word files; OpenOffice can open both Word and
Works files, etc. Where you might really run into a problem is if your
associate is creating files in a *newer* version of some program and
you only have the *older* version.

HTH,

Malke
 
/Derrick Fawsitt/ said:
Apologies for following on my own posting but I am so frustrated that I
still have no solution for opening the offending email attachment from a
tradesman. I know it contains no viruses as its from a business contact
but I cannot find a way of opening the attachment.
Can someone simply suggest what I do to actually reveal the contents of
the letter he has sent me, surely there must be some software out there
that I can use for this purpose on all occasions.
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Ask the sender what kind of file it is. Then change the file's extension
to that type, and double-click on it. Or open the appropriate program,
then FILE|OPEN the file. (Application Octet-Stream is an unknown binary.)
 
dev said:
/Derrick Fawsitt/ said:


Ask the sender what kind of file it is. Then change the file's extension
to that type, and double-click on it. Or open the appropriate program,
then FILE|OPEN the file. (Application Octet-Stream is an unknown binary.)
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Now I am getting somewhere thanks to you all, I really appreciate your
advice. Unfortunately, my friend is a Builder who has no great knowledge
of IT and simply saved the file without really knowing what he was
about. I will phone him and ask him what he did but I am not hopeful he
can describe it to me. I will also email it to C Watters if I don't
succeed so that he can have a go. Thank you all so much for your help
and patience with me.
 
Malke said:
CWatters wrote:
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The file turned out to be a Works/.wps file and my copy of MS Word plus a
converter was able to open it ok.

Can anyone tell us if there is a free viewer available for people who don't
have Word for Works or MS Word?
 

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