6/1/2023 0 Comments Open any file![]() Try to find some readable text which sounds like an application name inside this junk. You will see notepad open with bunch of junk in it. In a list of applications find a notepad, select it and click OK. In a dialog which shows up after that choose "Select a program from a list of installed programs" and click OK. Before doing it make sure that it is small (less than 10MB) otherwise your computer will run out of memory and you will have to reboot it. If this doesn't help (in 99% it does) try to open this file in notepad. It will search Wikipedia and couple of other trusted sources. Wikipedia is one of the most trusted sources of information on Web and it is almost 100% guaranteed to have your file description there.Īnother way is to use search box below which I tried to customize for you. To figure it out I recommend going to Wikipedia and typing your file extension there (for example for yourfile.DOCX type DOCX in Wikipedia search box). ![]() For example if you will trying to open DOC or DOCX file created by Microsoft Word with Windows WordPad you will just see some garbage even though both applications are used to edit documents. You need to know which application created it. Yes - this is an ultimate step in successfully opening the file. Step 1: Figure out what application was used to create your file. Since I had this problem multiple times myself I decided to create this site to give you some idea of steps you need to do to open the file. Sounds easy, isn't it :)? But in reality finding how to open certain files could be a nightmare. Windows can go online to look it up automatically, or you can manually select from a list of programs that are installed on your computer. To open this file, Windows needs to know what program you want to use to open it. You click on a file and a pop up comes up:įile: FileWhichDoesntWantToOpen.Extension Step by Step Guide on How to Open any Fileīeing unable to open a certain file on personal computer is a very typical situation for lots of users.
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