[Radeon]

does anyone know how I can view the contents of .dat files on my computer?
to be a bit more specific i want to be able to read the .dat files that are in the yahoo messenger service on our computer.

any insight would be greatly apreciated.

thank you in advance.

 

[TheTechIsIn]

Have you tried opening them with notepad? or Wordpad?

Depending on if the information is in raw or formated code you might be able to view them in either editor.

 

[Radeon]

I have tried with notepad & wordpad & unfortunatley the information is encoded.

I was told that a program called spider 1.16 would work but I haven't had any success.

 

[TheTechIsIn]

Ok, this program will let you view .dat files, I just downloaded it and tried it out ... so I really don't know to much about it beyond the fact that: It reads .dat files & is Virus Free

Worked ok on my XP machine and says it works on all versions of Windows you might want to take a look.

http://download.com.com/3000-2352-10126956.html?tag=lst-0-2

 

[Der Rabe]

They are usually not ment to be user readable data. They are usually ment so only the program can read them you may try a hex editor but beware if you do that dont change anything unless you know what you are doing could potential screw up the whole program