Even after many years of dealing with hundreds of file formats, I still encounter some file I cannot open without installing software. For people who are new to using computers the encounter is more frequent and often intimidating, until now.
Universal Viewer (ATViewer) is a Freeware/OpenSource utility which can open practically any file format you may encounter. Here is a short list from the product website:
- Text/Binary/Hex/Unicode: all files, with unlimited file size (even 4Gb+ sizes are allowed);
- RTF/UTF-8: RTF and UTF-8 encoded texts;
- Image: all general graphics formats: BMP JPG GIF PNG TGA TIFF etc;
- Multimedia: all formats supported by MS Window Media Player: AVI MPG WMV MP3 MIDI etc;
- Internet: all formats supported by MS Internet Explorer: HTML XML DOC XLS etc;
- Plugins: all formats supported by Total Commander Lister plugins.
However, even with the broad ability to open so many file formats, ATViewer will not open the following file formats:
For all the above file formats you will need to install the application software with one exception (as to my knowledge). Microsoft Office documents (.doc files) can be opened with the free Doc Viewer available from the Microsoft website HERE, which also has viewers for other MS Office products formats.
If you are a "newbie" ATViewer is an invaluable tool to have on you maching. Visit the product website HERE.
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