Set Association

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Using Vista Home Premium with SP1. I cannot open a .dat file and cannot set
an association to open it because .dat is not listed in the Set Association
menu. How do I get .dat listed so that I can set an association to it?

 

[TaurArian]

..dat file - can be janything: text, graphic, or general binary data. There is no specific
structure for a .DAT file

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| Using Vista Home Premium with SP1. I cannot open a .dat file and cannot set
| an association to open it because .dat is not listed in the Set Association
| menu. How do I get .dat listed so that I can set an association to it?
|

 

[Mark L. Ferguson]

Rightclick a .dat file, and click OPEN, select "select a program from a list
of programs" and OK. Browse to your chosen app to open a dat file when you
click it. There should be an 'always use this..." checkbox to check while
you do this.

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[Not Me]

The problem is, many programs create .dat files, open it with the wrong one
and it doesn't work.
It needs to be opened with the program it was created with or one
compatible.
If you know which program created it, you know which program to open it
with.
You really shouldn't associate .dat with just one program.