How do I open a DAT file??

FreddieM

i have been sent a couple of DAT files and the error message I keep getting is Your current scurity settings do not allow this file to be downloaded. Can anybody noddy guide me through this please. If it helps I'm using w7 Home Premium Malware Bytes and Avast. Thanks in advance

santer_2

Are you able to ask the sender which programme was used to create the files?

FreddieM

santer wrote: »

Are you able to ask the sender which programme was used to create the files?

He opend it with Windows Media player, But whether it's relevant or not to the issue I'm at work and just tried to play some albums I have on my laptop, clicked a number of diffrent tracks and a red cross appeared and an error message WMP encountered a problem while playing the file

santer_2

" A great player for playing back .dat files is Media Player Classic. "

Download Media Player Classic from: http://www.afterdawn.com/software/video_software/video_players/media_player_classic.cfm

http://www.afterdawn.com/tech_support/answer.cfm/how_do_i_play_dat_files

FreddieM

Ive downloaded thatfile Thanks but I'm still getting Your current scurity settings do not allow this file to be downloaded ??

santer_2

Seems to be with IE, this is for IE 7 but the settings should be the same

http://www.techimo.com/forum/security-privacy-issues/146417-your-current-security-settings-do-not-allow-file-downloaded-4.html

http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=Your+current+security+settings+do+not+allow+this+file+to+be+downloaded&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=Palemoon:en-US:official&client=firefox-a

Or try another browser if you have one

http://www.palemoon.org/