cant do anything with a file

[Mick]

i dont know where this should belong so ill just post
here. i got a file that had extension .bin and i didnt
know what it was so i tryed to see what happens if i
change its extention to .exe and run it. a dos box type
of thing opened then closed itself nearly instantly.i
cant delete/change name of/anything. the only thing i can
do is make a copy of it which i then cant delte the copy
aswell. it says its inuse by a program but i cant find
anything that is using it. i tryed pressing
alt+control+delete and going to task manager and end
tasking all the things that is says i opened. i also
tryed to go to the tab at the top called applications and
seeing if the application is still open but it wasnt. any
help would be greatly apprciated.

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Contact the party that sent you the file and ask them
how to open that file.

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

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"Mick" > wrote in message:
...

| i dont know where this should belong so ill just post
| here. i got a file that had extension .bin and i didnt
| know what it was so i tryed to see what happens if i
| change its extention to .exe and run it. a dos box type
| of thing opened then closed itself nearly instantly.i
| cant delete/change name of/anything. the only thing i can
| do is make a copy of it which i then cant delte the copy
| aswell. it says its inuse by a program but i cant find
| anything that is using it. i tryed pressing
| alt+control+delete and going to task manager and end
| tasking all the things that is says i opened. i also
| tryed to go to the tab at the top called applications and
| seeing if the application is still open but it wasnt. any
| help would be greatly apprciated.

[purplehaz]

I bin file is sometimes used for burning cd's, like you'd use and iso file.
Usually you have a .bin and a .cue file. Then using cd burning software that
supports bin and cue you would burn the cd using those files.

Mick wrote:
> i dont know where this should belong so ill just post
> here. i got a file that had extension .bin and i didnt
> know what it was so i tryed to see what happens if i
> change its extention to .exe and run it. a dos box type
> of thing opened then closed itself nearly instantly.i
> cant delete/change name of/anything. the only thing i can
> do is make a copy of it which i then cant delte the copy
> aswell. it says its inuse by a program but i cant find
> anything that is using it. i tryed pressing
> alt+control+delete and going to task manager and end
> tasking all the things that is says i opened. i also
> tryed to go to the tab at the top called applications and
> seeing if the application is still open but it wasnt. any
> help would be greatly apprciated.

[David]

"Mick" > wrote in news:035801c3cc31$a334b4b0
:

> i dont know where this should belong so ill just post
> here. i got a file that had extension .bin and i didnt
> know what it was so i tryed to see what happens if i
> change its extention to .exe and run it. a dos box type
> of thing opened then closed itself nearly instantly.i
> cant delete/change name of/anything. the only thing i can
> do is make a copy of it which i then cant delte the copy
> aswell. it says its inuse by a program but i cant find
> anything that is using it. i tryed pressing
> alt+control+delete and going to task manager and end
> tasking all the things that is says i opened. i also
> tryed to go to the tab at the top called applications and
> seeing if the application is still open but it wasnt. any
> help would be greatly apprciated.

Did you try searching Google to see what a ".bin" file is?

"Bin" is a binary file type. used to either store data, for which you
need the program that created the file. Or, A CD image that you need to
burn to a CD to use. You would need a CD burnign program such as Nero or
EZ CD Creator to "Burn the Image" to make the file usable.

--

David

Programmers write "Help Files" for a reason. use them.

"Due to Viewer dicretion...
Graphic violence is advised"

http://www.HeroicStories.com/
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