.DAT FILES SAY WARNING DO NOT OPEN

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Can someone please help me, this morning when I turned on my computer a file
folder that I have stored in icons not using came back on my computer with a
folder picture of a .jep photo I had in there and also in there is a .dat
file and you cannot open because it is used by operating system could damage
system. Don't know what to do, if I should send it to My Documents or what?
Don't want to leave this folder on my icon screen. Any help is appreciated.
Barbara

 

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It may only be stray piece of a failed email message. I've seen email attachments show up as .dat when the email system or the originator's system had a problem. Is it possible you extracted or saved such an attachment to your desktop?

I suggest you delete that file, let it sit in Recycle Bin for a few days, and use your system as you ordinarily do.

..DAT files may be text, and those you can open with Notepad.
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Maurice N
MVP Windows - Shell / User
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Barbara wrote:
> Can someone please help me, this morning when I turned on my computer
> a file folder that I have stored in icons not using came back on my
> computer with a folder picture of a .jep photo I had in there and
> also in there is a .dat file and you cannot open because it is used
> by operating system could damage system. Don't know what to do, if I
> should send it to My Documents or what? Don't want to leave this
> folder on my icon screen. Any help is appreciated. Barbara