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Cannot read .nfo file
Name: John Date: July 28, 2001 at 11:09:42 Pacific
Comment:
My computer is PIII running Windows 98 SE.
I always get this message when I double click on any .nfo file, "Microsoft System Information cannot open this file. The file is corrupted."
Why is this happen on every nfo file?
By the way, what is an .nfo file? What's it's purpose?
Name: Davisson Date: July 28, 2001 at 11:23:48 Pacific
Reply:
microsoft system information might register .nfo files as theirs and often don't work.
often the cases with .nfo files is just another ansi file, so all you have to do is hold down left-shift and right click on the file. this is give you a menu and in there should be something called "open with..." click it and select NOTEPAD (if you want to open futer .nfo files with notepad click on the check box) then push ok and you should be fine.
Name: WhitPhil Date: July 28, 2001 at 11:30:59 Pacific
Reply:
The NFO file extension is noramlly linked to MSINFO32.
But, if you are clicking on an NFO file that does not belong to MsInfo, you will get an error. Where are you finding the NFO files? Try opening one in NotePad. Sometimes the files can just be text files.
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Response Number 4
Name: Mike Hunt Date: July 28, 2001 at 13:35:30 Pacific
Reply:
.nfo's are commonly found on WAREZ CD's of course !
Get a proper viewer here:
http://www.damn.to/nfoviewer.html
and see what all that gobbledygook is meant to look like.
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Response Number 5
Name: Billybob Date: July 28, 2001 at 14:50:32 Pacific
Reply:
NFO files can be open using Winzip. They are usually included in a Keygen or Crack and this is usually where you will find instructions on how the run the Crack, Patch or Keygen.
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Response Number 6
Name: Derek Date: July 28, 2001 at 16:22:52 Pacific
Reply:
....or if you are already in WE just change the suffix from .nfo to .txt and it will come up in Notepad when you click on it again.
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Response Number 7
Name: Jerry Date: September 15, 2001 at 07:30:48 Pacific
Reply:
Setting the default font in Notepad to Terminal will make ANSI nfo files appear correctly.
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