So, when you attempt to open such files using freeware utilities like 7-Zip, you may encounter an error, saying Cannot open file as archive. Let us see what you can do about it.

1] Make sure the file format is supported Photos app supports all the major image and video formats. In case you are trying to open image and video formats like .mxf or some other that are ...

How to open files on a Chromebook The Files app makes it easier to find and open files on ChromeOS. Like other operating systems, you only need to double-click a file to open it most times. Open ...

Ankush khandelwal asked about compatibility issues between files created in different versions of Microsoft Office--specifically the big changes in file format that came with Office 2007.

Familiar file extensions, including the .doc Word default, sprouted an "x" at the end, and users who still relied on earlier Office versions discovered they no longer could open files created in ...

The time for keeping your intellectual property in proprietary file formats is over, says Sun Microsystems Inc. CEO Scott McNealy. In a perfect world, you’d be able to open any e-mail attachment ...

If you can't open a file on your computer, don't give up right away. These tricks will give you a fighting chance of accessing or recovering its contents.

I know this is not really a pure Linux type question, but could an open source office file format help the computing community in general. MS Word's .doc is the de facto standard right now and it ...