Renamable File Extensions
Bookmark this on Delicious
There are some files that if you just change its file extension, it will become possible for other programs to use it. One of this is File Extension DO. This is quite interesting. Usually, you cannot use the file into a certain program if you change its file extension. In this case, some programs that has vcs support can read File Extension DO if it .vcs is appended to it. This can come handy if you need to read its data. Usually, DO files contains data in a spreadsheet format so it is easy to import it to other programs.
However, there are some programs that really uses this kind of file by default. One of these is ModelSim. In this program, DO files can contains some scripts or information about some display setting. Another program that uses this file is Stata. This file serves as a container of some commands that Stata needs to execute in its statistic and data analysis. Furthermore, there are also some other uses of this files and in reality it varies into different usage.
If it happens that your computer cannot read such file, maybe this is because of a lacking sofware that use it. However, it you are sure that the proper sofware were installed, the next culprit is your registry. Maybe there is some error in relation to this file extension. To solve this, it is best to scan if there are some errors in your computer registry. The good news is, you can now do your scanning now, for free. Try it. Click here.
Most Commented Posts
If you enjoyed this post, please consider to leave a comment or subscribe to the feed and get future articles delivered to your feed reader.
Comments
No comments yet.
Leave a comment