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From: Keith Snyder on 27 Jul 2010 18:25 "Andrew" <andrew(a)jkl.com> wrote in message news:4c4dbfd6$0$5755$607ed4bc(a)cv.net... > Keith Snyder wrote: >> Q2010 uses file extension .DAT, but other programs, such as NERO use >> the same extension. Apparently, Q2010 uses .DAT to log qfx, ofx >> updates. Other programs grab .DAT as well, for example VideoLAN. >> >> In XP Control Panel, Appearance and Themes, File Folder, what program >> should be associated with Quicken's DAT file? Temporarily, I have >> removed program associations. > > Keith - maybe I'm not following you, but why do you think you need to > associate '.dat' with any *Quicken* program? I think that those files are > used when you are executing the main Quicken executable (.exe) against a > main Q data file (*.qdf). What benefits, if any, associating a *.dat > would you derive via some form of Quicken association? It's not like you > can double click any of those to bring some program up, right?? > I think you're right. It's just my fussiness. Anyhow I did remove extension .dat from association with any program with no apparent ill effect.
From: Andrew on 27 Jul 2010 21:44
Keith Snyder wrote: > "Andrew" <andrew(a)jkl.com> wrote in message > news:4c4dbfd6$0$5755$607ed4bc(a)cv.net... >> Keith Snyder wrote: >>> Q2010 uses file extension .DAT, but other programs, such as NERO use >>> the same extension. Apparently, Q2010 uses .DAT to log qfx, ofx >>> updates. Other programs grab .DAT as well, for example VideoLAN. >>> >>> In XP Control Panel, Appearance and Themes, File Folder, what >>> program should be associated with Quicken's DAT file? Temporarily, >>> I have removed program associations. >> >> Keith - maybe I'm not following you, but why do you think you need to >> associate '.dat' with any *Quicken* program? I think that those >> files are used when you are executing the main Quicken executable >> (.exe) against a main Q data file (*.qdf). What benefits, if any, >> associating a *.dat would you derive via some form of Quicken >> association? It's not like you can double click any of those to >> bring some program up, right?? > > I think you're right. It's just my fussiness. > > Anyhow I did remove extension .dat from association with any program > with no apparent ill effect. Admittedly, I think it is lame that many applications use the *.dat extension...they ought to name that something meaningful regardless of what it is for. After all, in a sense, ALL files that aren't executable are *.dats! However, perhaps there is some official (or unofficial but used by everyone) that states that a *.dat file naming convention can be used by an app that needs some data store for whatever reason somewhere, and this is a Windows convention? Ergo, no association needed (or even desired). But each program better beware of where these are stored for their own use. Probably another Windows function that states such a file is created in some directory, perhaps where the .exe is located, or a folder one level below or something. I don't know enough about Windows programming for this. -- ------------------------------------------------------------- Regards - - Andrew |