There are loads of file types swimming around our computers at any given time — most of which exist to supplement the programs we use or play (or allow them to function in the first place). The most ...

When you double-click on a file in Windows, it will automatically open a default program that is configured to manage these types of files. It is common, though, want or need to use a different ...

Q. I sometimes receive e-mail messages with a “winmail.dat” file attached that I cannot open. Why does this happen, and what can I do to fix it? A. The winmail.dat file usually appears because various ...

The Tweaking with Vishal web site writes up a quick, but useful, registry hack that adds an "Open File Location" item to the context menu, just like Windows 7 or Vista has already. Applying the tweak ...

The Tokens.dat file in the Windows operating system is a digitally signed file, which stores most of the Windows and Office activation files. All files together have a digital signature that prevents ...

After reading John Siracusa's excellent article on meta data, I started wondering about what MS is offering in its NTFS 5(.1?) filesystem. Under Windows XP, and perhaps Windows 2000, it seems as if ...