I believe Crescent was only saying that those files are ACTUALLY only text files that CAN be opened in a text editing program. I don't believe he/she was telling you to open them that way. It sounds like a classic file recognition issue to me. Sounds like your computer is associating that file type with your text editor. I'm not sure I can tell you how to check that but I'm sure some of the gurus can... if you're nice... :) It might help if you'd post whether you're using a Mac or PC and what operating system you're using if you still need help. I personally haven't ever heard of this happening, so you might just need the right person to pop in here and see this...