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 ...

If you live in a world where you get email from Outlook users, and I think most of us do, you probably see the dreaded winmail.dat file on occasion. Outlook compresses all of its attachments together ...

If you been using Windows OS for a long time, you may have come across a file with name NTUSER.DAT. It is a user-specific file that keeps user configuration data that is read when you log in to your ...

If you're one of the people who own a stylus or touchscreen-capable Windows PC, then there's a high chance there's a file on your computer that has slowly collected sensitive data for the past months ...

Have you ever encountered a strange file with an NTUSER.DAT name on your Windows PC? Don't worry, it's not a virus, but quite an important file. In this article, we'll explain what it is and why you ...

DAT files are files with an extension that isn't associated with a specific application or program and can be almost any type of file including video, media or text. Gaining access to the DAT files ...

We’ve all seen mysterious .dat file attachments in our inboxes from time to time. In most cases the .dat attachment originates in Microsoft Outlook, which produces outgoing messages using a slightly ...

If you open MS Outlook and see an error message, Outlook is using an old copy of your Outlook data file (.ost), then use ...

.dat can mean many things. data of any type quite often ends up with these extensions. How about using the app that created them? You can also try viewing them in notepad.

On occasion you may receive a strange attachment in your email called Winmail.dat. When you try to open it Windows will not let you, and the person sending it to you has no idea what it is. Do not ...