如果您在计算机上找到扩展名为 .dat 的文件,则它只是一个通用数据文件(data file),其中包含有关用于创建特定文件的程序的重要信息。
它可以是电子邮件附件(如 winmail .dat 文件(.dat file))、图像或视频(image or video)、文档甚至数据之类的任何东西,其中存储了供软件处理的信息。.dat 文件(.dat file)中包含的信息可以是二进制或纯文本,但与创建该文件的程序相关。
为了读取或打开.dat 文件(.dat file),您需要知道它是什么类型的文件,然后对其进行转换以使其更易于打开。
但是,此类文件与特定程序无关,因此如果是纯文本文件(plain text),您可以尝试使用MS Document 或记事本(MS Document or Notepad)等其他程序打开它,它会显示内容。否则你只会看到一些你无法理解的粗略数据,除非你是程序员。
但在极少数情况下,您可以找到 .dat 文件,其中包含使用CyberLink Powerdirector 或 VCDGear(CyberLink Powerdirector or VCDGear)等程序打开的视频文件的实际数据。
如何阅读和打开 DAT 文件(How To Read & Open DAT Files)
大多数文件都有读取和打开文件的默认程序,例如MP3打开音频文件,而纯文本文件使用TXT文件打开,但对于 .dat 文件,没有明显的程序可以打开它。
如果您对.dat 文件感到困惑,并且(.dat file and aren)不确定如何打开它、如何处理它,或者甚至认为应该以特定方式使用或打开它,您需要弄清楚它是视频还是文本 -基于电子邮件附件或其他类型的.dat 文件(.dat file)。
解决这个问题的最简单方法是回到您从何处以及如何获取.dat 文件(.dat file),因为这通常会为您提供了解如何读取.dat 文件(.dat file)所需的信息。
使用文本编辑器打开 DAT 文件(Using a Text Editor To Open DAT Files)
对于基于文本的 .dat 文件,您可以使用文本编辑器(text editor)轻松阅读和/或打开它。当您不确定如何打开DAT 文件(DAT file)时,这是第一个尝试的工具。
在Windows中,本机和基本的记事本文本(Notepad text)编辑器将为您提供帮助,尽管还有其他替代程序可以替代记事本(Notepad)。
但并非所有 .dat 文件都是文本文件,因此您可能无法使用文本编辑器(text editor)打开它们。.dat 文件可能不容易编辑、删除甚至移动,因为它们可能被锁定,或者它们可能是程序配置文件的一部分,在这种情况下,您可能永远不需要手动打开或操作它。
要在Windows中使用文本编辑器打开(text editor).dat 文件(.dat file),请右键单击要打开的文件,然后选择打开(Open With)方式。
选择要使用的文本编辑器,然后单击确定。(text editor)
如果它是基于文本的.dat 文件(.dat file),您将能够读取文件的内容。如果没有,您会看到许多NUL引用和难以理解的字符。
如果您收到winmail.dat文件形式的电子邮件附件,您可以使用(winmail.dat)Winmaildat.com轻松打开它,而无需发件人通过邮件重新发送给您。下载.dat 文件(.dat file)附件后,转到Winmaildat.com并单击Upload a File旁边的Browse。
找到 .dat 文件并单击Open。上传后,单击开始(Start),允许分析文件。
检查结果页面(Result page)中的结果,以便查看.dat 文件(.dat file)的内容。您也可以单击它以将其下载到您的计算机并查看(computer and view everything).dat 文件(.dat file)包含的所有内容。
对于视频.dat文件,您可以检查保存它的程序并尝试使用该程序打开。如果它在链接到特定视频文件程序的(video file program)程序文件夹(program folder)中,您可以使用它来播放文件,或者尝试在您的计算机上使用VLC 。
如何转换 DAT 文件(How To Convert DAT Files)
您还可以使用免费或付费文件转换器转换(file converter).dat 文件(.dat file)。转换.dat 文件(.dat file)所采取的步骤取决于您拥有的文件类型,但您实际上不必将其转换为另一种格式,尤其是当它用于存储我们上面提到的配置数据时。
同样,转换.dat 文件(.dat file)也可能使其无法使用。例如,您可以在用于创建它的程序中打开一个 .dat视频文件(video file),然后将其保存或导出为其他格式,如流行的MP4、WMV、AVI 或 FLV(AVI or FLV)。
另一种读取和打开电子邮件附件形式的 .dat 文件的方法是将其重命名为您的计算机可识别的正确扩展名,尤其是当您知道它应该是特定文件类型(file type)但实际上是DAT 文件(DAT file)时。
例如,如果您知道它是一个图像文件(image file),您可以将其重命名为JPG 或 PNG(JPG or PNG),或者对于Microsoft Word文档,您可以将DAT 文件(DAT file)扩展名重命名为 .doc 或 .docx。请(Make)务必阅读有关如何打开没有扩展名的文件的文章,因为它更详细地解释了该过程。
不过,在重命名DAT 文件(DAT file)之前,请将Windows 配置为正确显示文件扩展名。
我们希望您现在知道如何在Windows中读取和打开(Windows)DAT文件。通过在下面的部分中分享您的评论,让我们知道这三种方法中的哪一种对您有效。
How to Read and Open .DAT Files in Windows
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It can be anything like an email attachment (as winmail.dat files), image or video, a document or even data, which stores information for software to handle. The information contained within the .dat file can be binary or plain text but is related to the program that created the file.
In order to read or open a .dat file, you need to know what kind of file it is, and then convert it to make it easier to open.
Such files aren’t associated with a particular program though, so if it’s in plain text, you can try to open it with different programs like MS Document or Notepad among others, and it’ll display the content. Otherwise you’ll only see some rough data that you can’t understand unless you’re a programmer.
In rare cases though, you can find .dat files having the actual data for video files that open with programs like CyberLink Powerdirector or VCDGear.
How To Read & Open DAT Files
Most files have default programs that read and open the files, for example MP3 opens audio files, while plain text files are opened using TXT files, but with .dat files, there’s no obvious program to open it.
If you feel stuck with a .dat file and aren’t sure how to open it, what to do with it, or even think it should be used or opened in a particular way, you need to figure out whether it’s video or text-based, an email attachment or other kind of .dat file.
The easiest way to figure this out is by going back to how and where you got the .dat file from, as this usually gives you the information you need to know how to read .dat files.
Using a Text Editor To Open DAT Files
For text-based .dat files, you can easily read and/or open it using a text editor. It’s the first tool to try when you’re not sure how to open a DAT file.
In Windows, the native and basic Notepad text editor will help you, though there are other alternative programs that can replace Notepad.
Not all .dat files are text files though, so you may not be able to open them using a text editor. The .dat files may not be easy to edit, delete or even move, because they may be locked, or they may be part of the program’s configuration files, in which case you may never need to open it manually, or manipulate it.
To open the .dat file in Windows using a text editor, right-click on the file you want to open, and select Open With.
Select the text editor you want to use, and click OK.
You’ll be able to read the file’s contents if it’s a text-based .dat file. If not, you’ll see many NUL references and incomprehensible characters.
If you received an email attachment in the form of a winmail.dat file, you can easily open it using Winmaildat.com without the sender having to resend it to you in the mail. Once you download the .dat file attachment, go to Winmaildat.com and click Browse next to Upload a File.
Find the .dat file and click Open. Once uploaded, click Start, allow the file to be analyzed.
Check for the results in the Result page so you can see the contents of the .dat file. You can also click on it to download it to your computer and view everything the .dat file contains.
For video .dat files, you can check the program it was saved from and try to open using that program. If it’s in a program folder linked to a specific video file program, you can use it to play the file, or try using VLC on your computer.
How To Convert DAT Files
You can also convert the .dat file using a free or paid file converter. The steps you’ll take to convert .dat files depend on the kind of file you have, but you really don’t have to convert it to another format especially if it’s used to store configuration data as we mentioned above.
Similarly, converting the .dat file could also render it unusable. For example, you can open a .dat video file in the program that was used to create it, and then save it or export to another format like the popular MP4, WMV, AVI or FLV.
Another way of reading and opening .dat files that came as email attachments is by renaming it to the correct extension that your computer recognizes, especially if you know it’s supposed to be a particular file type but is a DAT file instead.
For example, if you know it’s meant to be an image file, you can rename it to JPG or PNG, or for Microsoft Word documents, you can rename the DAT file extension to .doc or .docx. Make sure to read out article on how to open a file with no extension as it explains the process in more detail.
Before renaming the DAT file though, configure Windows to show file extensions properly.
We hope you now know how to read and open DAT files in Windows. Let us know which of the three methods worked for you by sharing your comment in the section below.