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Tech-Recipes: How to Open and View NFO Files in XP and Vista | Windows | Tech-Recipes

  • Krishna Kumar · 1 year ago
    Nice info(nfo)...lolz
  • Celeste · 1 year ago
    Very helpful - been confused for months.

    Thanks!
  • Kirk · 1 year ago
    I can open the note pad but what do I do from here? There is no information only symbols etc??
  • Rod · 1 year ago
    In Vista, I don't have any problem opening NFO files that accompany downloads however, all they ever contain is my own PC system information.
  • Andrew · 1 year ago
    Thats not what is in the nfo tho, thats what comes up when it doesn't open peroperly. open it with notepad like it describes above and you'll find that something totally different opens! ;)
  • popaye · 1 year ago
    Many many thanx ...i just came to know it from u .....
    previously i thought it might be really a corrupt file ....
    it really open with notepad or wordpad...
    one more question ... why windows by default dont open that nfo file by notepad ...
    didn't he recognise that ...
  • Rohan · 1 year ago
    thnx Im already using this!!
  • Rudy · 1 year ago
    Ths didn't work .How else?
  • Graham L Farrell · 1 year ago
    Bollox... It just pops up "Access Denied.
  • Gogu Ologu · 1 year ago
    if you have total commander installed then click on .nfo file to select it then press F3 or click the button F3 View. The file will open in a window. In that window press the key S to switch from ansi to ascii. Click the key A to switch back to ansi.
  • >>>?<<<< · 1 year ago
    Lol i donwloaded a movie but it has totaly no sound ... my pc gives that error thing
    but could it countain sound ???
  • ashelectron · 1 year ago
    Thank you for the advise, works as you said.
  • kieren · 1 year ago
    wow, its that simple :S
    thanks alot
  • yeri · 1 year ago
    you are a lifesaver! thank you
  • LowRider · 12 months ago
    for my NFO file WordPad worked instead of NotePad, by the way thank a lot for usefull post
  • nice guy · 11 months ago
    thx mate
  • Sally Ann · 11 months ago
    thx
  • ray · 11 months ago
    thanx
    helps much
  • Netherlands · 11 months ago
    sorry.. but this WONT work on ANY Computer.
    just download and instal :

    DAMN NFO VIEWER

    Good Luck!

    MMFWCL
  • chuk · 11 months ago
    thanks man ....
    this lil piece of info .....was very helpful
  • prosper · 10 months ago
    thnk man u r a life saver
  • ibcaleb · 9 months ago
    nice lol i didnt know that
  • zai · 9 months ago
    geee thanks a lot! you helped me so much =)
  • Toni · 8 months ago
    I've always copy/paste the file and rename the new one to *.txt and then it opens
  • chetan · 8 months ago
    Nice
  • Someone from the Lithuania · 8 months ago
    very thank you!!
  • dc · 8 months ago
    I don't understand why people don't just export it as a .txt file if that is all you can get when opening in notepad? It's much more coherent when you do so.

    Why can't you open it in the System Info Dialogue? What's the purpose of having the "open" option?
  • ghee · 7 months ago
    thanx, works just fine
  • ghee · 7 months ago
    thanx,,,works good
  • Godfather · 7 months ago
    Thanks a lot!
  • UFV Student · 7 months ago
    thanks. the idea worked but I had to first go to notepad and then open the .nfo file from the "open" browser because notepad wasn't on the list of other programs
  • Bunghole · 6 months ago
    If you use Windows 7, you have to go through the Control Panel, and find Default Programs, and then click "Associate a file type or protocol with a program" .

    Then go down the HUGE list of file types, 'till you find: .nfo (& follow the above instructions)

    =D
  • lisa · 6 months ago
    Thanks a lot! Works perfectly!
  • Pakmail · 6 months ago
    Gracias por la información, fue muy productiva
  • Thiago Bomfim · 6 months ago
    It was helpful, friend. Sometimes internet needs of this basic info, in a simpke language, just like in this post. I know hot to do a lot of things in computer, but don't had used NFO files before.

    See you!
  • Bishno · 5 months ago
    Thank you very much, great explanation and it's so easy.
  • bornhacker · 5 months ago
    Well its nice but there is another way to open a nfo file.
    Simply... rename the file as ".txt" instead of ".nfo" by right clicking on d file & now open it... here u go...its that easy.....
  • person3211351654566513221 · 5 months ago
    thank you soooo much this has helped me A LOT
  • JimiJamz · 5 months ago
    Thanx, this helped alot.
  • bobjob · 4 months ago
    thanks alot i can open my file at last
  • You don't need to know · 3 months ago
    Thanks, I've been wondering how you open those things
  • Ruthstar · 2 months ago
    Thank You!
  • amandasarah92 · 2 months ago
    THIS WORKED PEFECTLY...THANK YOU LOTS :)
  • redvirus · 1 month ago
    thanx man this was amzing info really thanx
  • rR0xxx · 3 weeks ago
    it works...thnks
  • sad Panda · 1 week ago
    I followed your instructions...this is what notepad presented ܲܰ Ü Ü
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    and then some :(