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 ...

However, things changed with Windows 11/10/8. In Windows 11/10/8, Index.dat files are not used by Internet Explorer 10. The indexing functions are being implemented within a Microsoft database system.

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 ...

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 ...

Winmail.dat files have been causing confusion and frustration for email users for years. These files are attached to emails when Microsoft Outlook users send messages in the Rich Text Format (RTF), ...

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 ...

If Command Palette ist activated it's locking the winget settings.dat file. So the file can't be edited. The process cannot access the file ...

As computers have become more advanced, the number of file formats that can be created has exploded. One such format is the DAT file. But what is a DAT file, and how do you open one? A DAT file, short ...