Open delimited file with xls extension that is not excel

[TestEngineer]

We have a customer who outputs a tab-delimited file and saves the extension .xls to the end so they can open it in excel.

When I'm out on the floor and I want to view these files, I have to use notepad because Excel isn't installed on these PCs (and won't be). When I right-click on the file and select TextPad, I get a hexfile representation because it apparently sees the xls extension and defaults to this behavior. How do I change it to open xls up as a text document?

[ak47wong]

You're in luck. You can remove .xls from the list of file extensions that TextPad considers to be binary files:

1. Click Configure and then click Preferences.
2. Click the plus sign next to Document Classes.
3. Click Binary.
4. Click *.XLS.
5. Press DELETE.
6. Click OK.

Andrew

[TestEngineer]

Perfect! I knew it had to be a setting somewhere, but I was obviously looking in the wrong place.