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 ...

Spotlight: Choking on Finder.DAT files? We've received scattered reports from readers indicating that Mac OS X 10.4.x's Spotlight may have problems indexing and searching for Finder.DAT files -- data ...

If you find that your files are missing after a Windows 11 or Windows 10 upgrade, then this post will suggest a few ways, which can help you recover your lost files. Next, confirm that you are signed ...

I was confused by your answer regarding winmail.dat. The file cannot be opened traditionally, at least to obtain what the receiver believes to be valuable contents. Rather, it’s used internally by ...

Many times when receiving mail attachments with the new Exchange-enabled Microsoft Entourage v.X from Windows users, you will get a winmail.dat file that is inaccessible under Mac OS X. Alan Sill ...

We keep getting e-mail attachments in winmail.dat files and can’t open them. What’s going on? Is there a utility that can extract the attachments from these? When Outlook or Outlook Express users send ...