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March 9th, 2006, 09:03 AM
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| How to open dat file Hi, I just bought imac g5 yesterday and i was window user for many many years so i'm completely new to mac!! I'm having problem to open dat file. I want to open a file called "AllGB18030-PinYinPlugin.dat". Before i have install a program called VLC and all the dat file will open by this program and VLC is for movies. So what program is mac originally support .dat? please help me out. I will appricate it! cheers Kenny  |
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March 9th, 2006, 10:02 AM
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| .DAT can be anything -- what exact kind of file is it? What application was it created with? Is it a binary or text file? The point is that many, many, many programs use files with the extension of ".dat" -- and each implementation is different. I've seen plain-text .dat files, binary .dat files, and completely screwy .dat files, each with a unique format.
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#3
March 9th, 2006, 04:58 PM
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| that looks like a Chinese language plugin file. I would check to see what programs you might have installed that would make use of this file and load or try to open with it. |
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March 9th, 2006, 05:38 PM
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| yes it is chinese input plugin file. That file is originally from mac. Actually my question is what is the defualt application for mac to open .dat file? thanks again |
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#5
March 9th, 2006, 05:41 PM
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| As ElDiablo stated, there are MANY programs that use .dat files. There IS no default App for opening .dat files.
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December 15th, 2007, 08:24 PM
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2. Change the extension of the copied file; make it, instead of ".dat", ".jpg" or ".txt" or just keep play with the file extensions. 3. Try to open the renamed file with any of your applications - Acrobat, Word, Internet Browsers, Photoshop - any. 4. Good luck |
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