![]() ![]() It is generated for the programmers for storing program-related information. dat file for our doing general activities on the computer. It looks like garbage for you as most of the time you cannot open it and if opened then also cannot read the content. It does not matter the file types and content inside it for programs to do file operations (read, write) with it. Used to store data which is plain text which contains letters, characters, and symbols. Used to store data that is generally not plain text. The content inside the text file is human-readable. txt File The content inside the DAT file is not human-readable in most cases. Note that XVI cannot open all types of file.dat File vs. Here, I have opened one file called virtualregistry.dat and from there we can clearly see it is a reg file ie. ![]() XVI32 is a hex editor which can be installed in Windows 9x/NT/2000/XP/Vista/7. ![]() You can view the file using XVI32 Hex Editor. You can open video files using File Viewer Lite. If the file size is big (say bigger than 100MBs) then it can be a video file. If filesize is much small MB then they can be audio and graphics file. If file size is in bytes and kb then they are generally a text file As we know the content of the DAT file can be text, audio, video, graphics, etc.ΔΆ Click on Properties and look at file size. We can roughly guess the content of the DAT file. To open or read the DAT file, first, you have to know which application this DAT file belongs to. Even if you open it then you will not be able to understand the information written in it. But in most cases, the DAT file contains binary data and is not meant to open manually. dat file is saved in text format then it can be opened with the help of any text editor. ![]()
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