How to open a file with a .Ink ending?

I installed Dropbox (from Dropbox.com) and my files transfered from a windows computer were labeled with the .INK ending> was not able to open them on the mac... any ideas as to how or why?

Macbook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.4), icore5

Posted on Aug 28, 2010 1:32 PM

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Aug 28, 2010 3:58 PM in response to ascala

ascala wrote:
I installed Dropbox (from Dropbox.com) and my files transfered from a windows computer were labeled with the .INK ending> was not able to open them on the mac... any ideas as to how or why?


Your subject line refers to a .lnk file extension and the body of your post refers to a .INK file extension. Which is it? If it is .lnk then it is a link to a file, not a file. In Windows a file name ending with .lnk is a shortcut link to the file. You likely copied over the shortcut rather than the file itself. Therefor you can't open it because it is not there on your Mac.

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