>MAX extension

[Guest bonkk]

I received several e-mails with document attachments with the .MAX extension.

I did find The Folder options control panel, and added the .MAX extension,

but still nothing.. I also have 2 files on my computer(I think they are

pictures), so apparently at some point I was able to open them. Can someone

please tell me if there is a common program that opens these files. I found

paperport does and I did have a paperport scanner at one point, but no longer

do. Does HPALL in One that will open these files.. Word?? What?? I am

stuck!!

Thanks for any and all input.

[Guest Big_Al]

Re: >MAX extension

 

bonkk wrote:

> I received several e-mails with document attachments with the .MAX extension.

> I did find The Folder options control panel, and added the .MAX extension,

> but still nothing.. I also have 2 files on my computer(I think they are

> pictures), so apparently at some point I was able to open them. Can someone

> please tell me if there is a common program that opens these files. I found

> paperport does and I did have a paperport scanner at one point, but no longer

> do. Does HPALL in One that will open these files.. Word?? What?? I am

> stuck!!

> Thanks for any and all input.

 

try http://filext.com

 

http://filext.com/file-extension/max Max Extensions.

[Guest Ken Blake, MVP]

Re: >MAX extension

 

On Tue, 8 Jul 2008 10:18:13 -0700, bonkk

<bonkk@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> I received several e-mails with document attachments with the .MAX extension.

> I did find The Folder options control panel, and added the .MAX extension,

> but still nothing.. I also have 2 files on my computer(I think they are

> pictures), so apparently at some point I was able to open them. Can someone

> please tell me if there is a common program that opens these files. I found

> paperport does and I did have a paperport scanner at one point, but no longer

> do. Does HPALL in One that will open these files.. Word?? What?? I am

> stuck!!

 

 

 

Several points:

 

1. An excellent source of information for questions like this is the

web site http://filext.com/

 

2. In this particular case, filext says that max is used by several

different programs. You should ask your correspondent for

clarification as to what the particular files sent to you are.

 

3. Opening attachments received by E-mail is very risky. You often see

advice not to open attachments from people you don't know. I think

that that's one of the most dangerous pieces of advice you see around,

because it implies that it's safe to do the opposite--open attachments

from friends and relatives. But many viruses spread by sending

themselves to everyone in the infected party's address book, so

attachments received from friends are perhaps the *most* risky to

open.

 

Even if the attachment legitimately comes from a friend, it can

contain a virus. I'm not suggesting that a friend is likely to send

you a virus on purpose, but if the friend is infected without

realizing it, any attachment he sends you is likely to also be

infected.

 

My personal practice is not to open E-mail attachments at all. I make

exceptions only for an occasional trusted friend.

 

--

Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience

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