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Solve : Huge .bin file problem?

Answer» <html><body><p>I was trying to update the software on my D-Link DIR-615 router and downloaded the update on the D-Link support page. It downloaded a .bin file. By referencing the Support site I was eventually able to figure out how to update my router's software. Unfortunately, at the time I downloaded it I did not know I was not supposed to open the .bin file. So, when I double clicked on the .bin file and nothing happened, I stupidly designated a program change under "Properties" and changed it to have the program "<a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/notepad-581726" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about NOTEPAD">NOTEPAD</a>" open the .bin file. I have subsequently figured out how to use the .bin file to update my software. My problem now is that because I changed the .bin file to open using Notepad, no matter how I try I can't change it back to a .bin file. This includes deleting it and downloading it again from the Support page; every time I download it, it still <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/shows-1206590" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about SHOWS">SHOWS</a> up as a Notepad file and not a .bin file. I hope you understand my problem and can help. Thank you.Changing the program it opens with doesn't change anything about the file itself.<br/><br/>What you've run into is Microsoft's bone-headed, but well-intentioned decision, starting with Windows 95, to hide File extensions. What happens is basically if Windows knows how to open a file, it won't show the extension at all, <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/otherwise-2208214" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about OTHERWISE">OTHERWISE</a>, it will.<br/><br/>The dialog you saw basically sets the association, so from that point forward, Windows knows how to open the file, so it is presented without a file extension. <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/additionally-7380246" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about ADDITIONALLY">ADDITIONALLY</a>, the icon will change to show a little image of the associated program inside the default page.<br/><br/>The "fix" is effectively to do nothing- nothing about the file is changed, it merely opens with notepad by default. You should be able to right click on the file and select a new program to open it, or deselect the <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/box-401352" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about BOX">BOX</a> that says to use the existing program or app to open all files of this type.</p></body></html>


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