damn file type (stupid me)
Hi
i need some help with WinDOZE
I accidentily changed my *.DAT fle to open with NOTEPAD permanently (i was checking out a lot of *.DAT files with OPEN WITH and accidently forgot to untick the "ALWAYS OPEN WITH"
tick)
Anyways, I went and deleted the OPEN function in the FILE TYPE-options
and no it wont bring up OPEN WITH with if i try to open*.DAT types
-I went to another computer to check it out and *.DAT file types werent in FILE TYPE-option
My question to you is SHOULD I TOTTALY DELETE the *.DAT in FILE TYPE to restore it to
ALWAYS ASK : OPEN WITH (the default)??
I jus wanna hear your opinion what to do, personnily i would DELETE it.
thank you
you're on the right track
If you want it to always ask, then yes, you should delete the ".dat" in the file types. I think what null was implying (and I would do the same) is that you should keep the dats associated with whatever program you use (Notepad) and if, for some reason, you want to open it with another program, you just "Shift+RightClick" it and you will have the option to "Open With..." and you can choose an alternate program.
So yes, you can delete it, but unless you really need to, I'd just keep the association as-is.