You can easily find the text files by their extensions .txt , .doc , .man , or read.me , etc. You can read a text file in your DOS editor or any word processor. If you cannot find any documents, you should run the program. You may find online help when you are running the program. Run the program You start a program by typing the executable file name at the DOS prompt.
Some software have setup files.
You install the program by typing the setup command at the DOS prompt. For software for Windows, you have to start the program within Windows. In Windows 95, you can either click on the file name in Windows Explorer , or select the file and click on Open from the File memu. Picture Files Picture files are binary files. You view the picture in a picture viewer .