unknown file type!?

[GiveMeGore]

ok this is really staring to bug me now

the majority of mods i try to download i can't use because it is of an "unknown file type"

if i use the web search to look for what opens it i get nothing! :confused:

i have both wnizip and winrar. is there something else that most people are using?

if not is their any way to fix this problem?

plz help me and be sure ot explain things in the way you would explain things to a 2 year old. i a newb at this sort of thing

[bben46]

I have written a set of tutorials for people who are new to mods. They start wuith how to download, how to unzip, how to install and how to get your mod to work. It includes a sample mod that can be downloaded from Tesnexus.

 

It also has a link to 7-zip, a totally free unzip program that will work with nearly all zipped formats.

 

The tutorials are here http://thewormhole.nfshost.com/forum/index...opic,296.0.html

 

Just click on the highlighted text and you will be taken to the site. You must register, but its free. the registration is to keep the barbarians out.

 

If you do the tutorial, please PM me with some feedback to let me know what helped and what did not.

 

Thanks Bben

[Vagrant0]

I have written a set of tutorials for people who are new to mods. They start wuith how to download, how to unzip, how to install and how to get your mod to work. It includes a sample mod that can be downloaded from Tesnexus.

 

It also has a link to 7-zip, a totally free unzip program that will work with nearly all zipped formats.

 

The tutorials are here http://thewormhole.nfshost.com/forum/index...opic,296.0.html

 

Just click on the highlighted text and you will be taken to the site. You must register, but its free. the registration is to keep the barbarians out.

 

If you do the tutorial, please PM me with some feedback to let me know what helped and what did not.

 

Thanks Bben

 

And for the future, incase you ever need to know what a file type is;

http://filext.com/index.php

 

If it isn't some sort of encrypted data file, it should be listed there, and often with something that will allow you to view it.