what is a .dat file and what program do i use to open i?

Question

it isnt a media file, i think it might be something to do with coreldraw?
if i use windows to choose an appropriate program it says it is a windows system file then gives ma a link to the coreldraw website.

it should be a sketch of some sort

Answer 1

Please go to
http://ask-leo.com/whats_a_dat_file.html
http://www.topqualityfreeware.com/whatis/whatisadata.html

Answer 2

Its true that .dat file is can be and video file (used for VCD) or a data file.
If you can play it on media player, than its a Video CD file
If you can't then it a data file. It can content binary or just text file. Dat file usually a binary file that we can't read it. It contain information for some applicartion to work. If you wanna open it, you can use text editor such as EditPlus or UltraEdit
Here some software and explanation about dat file : http://filext.com/file-extension/dat

Answer 3

Indeed, a file extension of .dat does not mean any specific kind of data. Any program could create and use a file of any kind (binary, text, etc.) and give it a .dat extension. If your computer is trying to open it with Corel, the file type of dat is probably set on your computer to be opened by default (example, if you just double click on the file) by Corel. That still does not mean that it is automatically a Corel file. While file extension names are tried to keep standard, the standard really only applies to (a) The operating system and (b) any program that was developed to adhere to those file type standards. I could write a program with my own internal database structure and call it mystuff.exe if I wanted to - Windows would just tell you it is not a valid executable if you tried to open it.

Answer 4

.dat could be anything - it's often used for general program-specific data. You can't really open it.

If you're referring to a winmail.dat file that you've received attached to an e-mail message, this is a special file created by Microsoft Outlook to encode the fonts and styles in the message. There are several programs that can decode it back into an e-mail - look for instance here: http://www.kopf.com.br/winmail/

Answer 5

There are several types of files that can be stored on .dat format. I know two among them
1.The media file which can be open with Windows Media Player and other media player and
2.text file that can be opened with notepads and so on

Answer 6

hi there

a .DAT file is known as a data file. it contains data that may be veiwable to use in normal ways, like the other post, music, or you may use notepad to open the file.

most of the time, the file is encoded in such a way that we can not undestand the contents. this is to prevent the user, us, from editing the contents and stopping a peice of software working correctly.

Answer 7

DAT file is a video file with audio
u can use windows media player, real player, power DVD , and a lot of other players.
and u can download these players for free by searching on google

Answer 8

http://filext.com/file-extension/DAT

Answer 9

u can open it with winRAR go to download.com