Open the .NFO file
Windows is known to have created an almost unmanageable number of file types. This is the case even with simple text files. The files with the ending ".nfo" can often be found here, which repeatedly cause problems. You can easily open them with a trick.
Here's how you can easily open .NFO files
Files with the extension ".nfo" are information files with text content that are normally associated with the Windows Help (under Windows XP) can be opened. With other Windows versions or if this service has been deactivated, Windows only throws an error message that the file could not be opened.
- Basically, .NFO files are simple text files that only contain pure text for information about something.
- This apparent equality with the widespread .TXT files that can be read directly by almost any system can be used here.
- The .NFO files, like .TXT files, can simply be opened with the text editor. To do this, right-click on the relevant file to open the context menu and select "Open with". Now select the text editor here.
- With some Windows versions, however, problems and incorrectly displayed formatting can occur. In such a case it can help to manually rename the file extension from ".nfo" to ".txt". Then there is no need to open it using the "Open with" dialog.
- To do this, open the context menu again with a right-click on the relevant date and now select "Rename". Now change the file extension (to the right of the point) from "nfo" to "txt". After the change, Windows will ask you whether you really want to change the file extension. Confirm this.
NFO files are system information files. With the program ...
From now on, the former .NFO file is opened by default with the text editor, as this is linked to .TXT files and is used as the standard program for this file type.
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