Re: File Association.

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barrowhill wrote:
A friend has given me a floppy disc with 7 files on it and asked for my assistance Says files required for his tax return. These files are shown as being associated with Excel (.xls) but those that can be opened, give a screen full of hieroglyphics' with the odd intelligable English word/sentence thrown in. I'm not sure the file association is right (though why the shouldn't be correct, I don't know) but have tried opening with Works (v6) Spread*** to no avail. Tried other associations but cannot get "clean" view. Some content looks as though they may be web pages but can't open in IE.

I removed extension from file so type is URL:File Protocol, and tried various applications from the "Open with" window that comes up. No joy.

Any suggestions ???

Have you asked your friend how they made these files?
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