Open With?

[tony draper]

May seem a daft question, I have dowloaded a couple of files, they have appeared on my desktop,when I click on them the "open with" box appears, but I do not know what to open them with.
The icon is a small white square with the top right hand corner folder forwards, and the windows symbol on it, sort of a curled flag that appears on the windows disks.
If I try to open them with something from that "open with" box the icon just changes, and I still cant open the ******s.
What format are these files in please, how do I open them and what with?.
Puzzled of Gateshead.

[Bre901]

Mr Puzzled

Right-click on the icon and look at the extension of the file (the end of the name, after the dot).

Then please post it here, it will make the guessing easier

[BRL]

Hi Tony. Try downloading Irfanviewer, its free and only takes a min' to download and set up, its a piece of p**s. When you set it up, set it up so it is the default file viewer on your pc. Next time you click on a dodgy, I mean download then it should play it automatically for you. You can get it from HERE................ Good luck.

[Naples Air Center, Inc.]

tony draper,

Before we worry about opening these files, lets find out which file extension they are. (The 3 or 4 letter code after the period. AS in .doc or .txt, etc.) Also, lets make sure they do not have the ability to carry viruses.

Take Care,

Richard

[tony draper]

Thanks peeps what these files are are download guitar tabulature files, there are a number of websites with these on em to download,most of them are in the normal text ie I copy and save em to notepad and they open fine in plain text, but sods law a couple that I especialy want are in some strange format, (a small icon that looks like a putER monitor on it, they are not graphic files ie they are not images.
Will that infraviwer open those BRL?,
THANKS FOR THE HELP PEEPS.

[BRL]

Hi Tony, it might do, when you download it make sure you download the plug-ins too. Then just set the preferences(Options/properties) for it to open everything on your pc. Is it possible to send me one of the ones that wont open? One with the computer monitor on it.
Brl.

[Onan the Clumsy]

Braille?

[Bre901]

Mr D

May I insist that you post the extension of the files, as Naples Air Center, Inc. and myself already asked.

Otherwise, guessing is a bit hopeless.

[tony draper]

Sorry for the delay peeps, ,right, when I try and open these ones it says XLS files.???

err, whats XLS?

[Practice Auto 3,2,1]

.xls

Tony, thats a Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet file!

For a list of most other extensions see
Here

[BRL]

How did you get on then Tony?.

[Onan the Clumsy]

What a tw@t I am

Will that infraviwer open those BRL?,

I thought you meant they were .BRL files. Doh, I see now you mean L

Odd though that the pdf had something to do with chords.

[tony draper]

Thanks for the help peeps,but I gave up on those downloaded files, found what I wanted on another website in plain text I could copy and paste into notepad,so all is well.

[tony draper]

AH Buggah!!! HELP!!!,Done it again peeps, downloaded a couple of files, its taken all day googling to locate em, and the properties say they are GP4 files.
Do I need to download something to open these with? or convert them to text files??, because I desperately want them.
Any help greatfully recieved.

[Practice Auto 3,2,1]

Tony,

Im guessing, but by looking at THIS website, that GP4 files are for a programme called 'Guitar-Pro'

I guess you need this to open and view your files.

Dont ya just love google

[digidave]

Hi Tony,

Quick search of the www for GP4 revealed ...

Guitar Pro.

There is a link to a demo download at the bottom of the page, but I've no idea if it'll deliver the goods.

dd

[tony draper]

Thanks Dave, got that, downloaded the demo, its a bit overcomplicated for what I wanted, but I will manage .
thanks again peeps.