Keith Whaley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Not being a PC person, I visited Google. >They said, in defining a ".pif" file: > > Short for Program InFormation file, a type of file that > holds information about how Windows should run a > non-Windows application. For example, a PIF file can > contain instructions for executing a DOS application in > the Windows environment. These instructions can > include the amount of memory to use, the path to the > executable file, and what type of window to use. PIF > files have a .pif extension .
Just remember that Windows treats a PIF as an executable. The same is true of BAT and SCR files. ...unless you set up your PC to use "Open in Text Editor" as the default action for these file types (which I do to every PC I get my hands on). -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com
