.DOT File

File extension: DOT

File type: Document Template

Do you have DOT - related issues?
First check your registry for hidden errors.

Notes about the DOT file extension:

Errors in your registry are one of the common causes for incorrect file associations on your windows system. It is highly recommended that you check your registry for file association errors (will also check for any other registry errors).

The DOT file type is primarily associated with 'Word' by Microsoft Corporation. Office Word is an authoring program that gives you the ability to create and share documents using a set of writing tools. Note: This file type can become infected and should be carefully scanned if someone sends you a file with this extension.

Detailed information for file extension DOT:

Primary association: Word

Company: Microsoft Corporation

Mime type: application/msword [official]
application/dot, application/x-dot, application/doc, application/microsoft_word, application/mswor2c sc2, application/x-msword, zz-application/zz-winassoc-dot

Other applications associated with file type DOT:

Bert's Dinosaurs File
Corel Lines-Definition
Graphviz (DOT Language File) by AT&T ResearchGraphviz is a mature family of tools for processing graphs in the DOT language. The program used .DOT as a file extension but this has become problematic more GUI and networked graph tools emerge since the same extension as used by Microsoft's Word. The program now uses .GV. This association is classified as Text. The Mime types used with this association are: text/vnd.graphviz. Related links: The DOT Lanugage Reference, IANA Listing for Graphviz
Ribbons (Molecular Dot Surface)Molecular graphics software. Use ms-cyl command in Ribbons to convert .DOT to .CYL. Related links: Ribbons Auxiliary Commands
StyleWriter (Template File) by Editor Software, StyleWriter is a word processing add-on. , , It teaches you to write in the style of top authors and journalists by checking every document for thousands of style and English usage faults. ,

Important: When encountering any file extension issues it is always recommended that you run a free scan for Windows registry errors.

Technical data

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System Info for File Extension .DOT

The following listing is compiled from the database produced by the 'Associate This!' program, selected data from the main FILExt database and information FILExt collected directly from user systems.

ProgramID: soffice6.dot, FileType: Microsoft Word Template, AppName: OpenOffice.org 1.1.0

ProgramID: Word.Template, FileType: Microsoft Word Template, AppName: Microsoft Word for Windows® 95

ProgramID: Word.Template.8, FileType: Microsoft Word Template, AppName: Microsoft Office Word

ProgramID: Word.Template.8, FileType: Microsoft Word Template, AppName: Microsoft Word
EXEFile: WINWORD.EXE

ProgramID: Word.Template.8, FileType: Microsoft Word Template, AppName: Microsoft Word for Windows
EXEFile: WINWORD.EXE

ProgramID: Word.Template.8, FileType: Microsoft Word Template, AppName: Microsoft Word for Windows® 97

ProgramID: soffice6.dot
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\OpenOffice.org1.0.2\program\soffice.exe -o %1

ProgramID: Wordview.Template.8
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\WORDVI~1\OFFICE11\WORDVIEW.EXE /n /dde

ProgramID: Word.Template.8
EXEFile: W:\OfficeXP\FILES\PFILES\MSOFFICE\OFFICE10\WINWORD.EXE /n

ProgramID: Word.Template.8
EXEFile: F:\office97\Office\Winword.exe %1

ProgramID: Word.Template.8
EXEFile: F:\Microsoft Office\Office\winword.exe /n

ProgramID: Word.Template.8
EXEFile: D:\MS WD 2000\Office\WINWORD.EXE /n

ProgramID: Word.Template.8
EXEFile: D:\Microsoft Office\Office10\WINWORD.EXE /n /dde

ProgramID: Word.Template.8
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\OfficeXP\Office10\WINWORD.EXE /n /dde

ProgramID: Word.Template.8
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Office_XP\Office10\WINWORD.EXE

ProgramID: Word.Template.8
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Office\Office\WINWORD.EXE /n

ProgramID: Word.Template.8
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Office\Office\Winword.exe %1

ProgramID: Word.Template.8
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\WINWORD.EXE /n /dde

ProgramID: Word.Template.8
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\WINWORD.EXE /n

ProgramID: Word.Template.8
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Office\Office10\WINWORD.EXE /n /dde

ProgramID: Word.Template.8
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Office\Office10\WINWORD.EXE /n

ProgramID: Word.Template.8
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Office\Office10\WINWORD.EXE

ProgramID: Word.Template.8
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Office 2003\OFFICE11\WINWORD.EXE /n /dde

ProgramID: OpenOffice.org.dot
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\OpenOffice.org 1.9.104\program\soffice.exe -o %1

ProgramID: OpenOffice.org.dot
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\OpenOffice.org 1.9.100\program\soffice.exe -o %1

ProgramID: OpenOffice.org.dot
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\OpenOffice.org 1.9.79\program\soffice.exe -o %1

ProgramID: OpenOffice.org.dot
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\OpenOffice.org 1.9.118\program\soffice.exe -o %1

ProgramID: OpenOffice.org.dot
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\OpenOffice.org 2.0\program\soffice.exe -o

ProgramID: OpenOffice.org.dot
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\OpenOffice.org 2.1\program\soffice.exe -o

ProgramID: OpenOffice.org.dot
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\OpenOffice.org 2.2\program\soffice.exe -o

ProgramID: soffice6.dot
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\OFFICE ONE6.5\program\soffice.exe -o

Program Name and MIME Type Info for File Extension .DOT

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Program Name Mime Type application/octet-stream

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