How does the Win7 system open dat files?

1, first look at the introduction,. dat is not a standard file, many software use this extension, but the file meaning is different, so you need to specifically analyze the content!

2, can search in the computer, there will be a lot of dat format files, according to programming habits and experience, the computer DAT files are mainly two formats, one is a plain text file, available Notepad, WordPad, UE, Winhex and other tools open. The other is a multimedia image file that can be opened with Windows Media Player or other media software that is available from the system.

3, first look at the text format, the general look at the size of the file, only a few k, can be opened by the content of the text! Or can be normal display, if it is encrypted files may appear garbled!

4, and then look at the media format, in the computer a larger look, drag it into the player to see, or play, it can not play this format may not be media, or the player can not decode the reason!

5, to sum up, to open a file first want to know its internal format, rather than see his extension, extension is just an internal format of the hint, there is no good way to identify its internal lattice, can only try to open!