Installing VLC on Windows- Misplaced files

[sakols]

I just downloaded and installed VLC on my XP machine and found that a file called Layout (with the little VLC cone icon) showed up in several folders it didn't belong in. What is causing this and are there other problems it could create for my system?

Thanks

[The DJ]

The file was already there before, and has an extension (i suspect .dat) that is also recognized by VLC as a format that it might possibly be able to open.
This is not a VLC installed file, it just gets the VLC icon because VLC says it can open .dat files.

notice that many fileformats use .dat extensions and that these are all dissimilar. In effect VLC probably won't be able to open the files at all.

[Guest]

These mystery files were all called layout, and when you clicked on it, it opened the DVD player windows style UI, nothing more. They showed up in several places.

[sakols]

These mystery files were all called layout, and when you clicked on it, it opened the DVD player windows style UI, nothing more. They showed up in several places.

[gordo]

I have just installed VLC Media player 0.8.1 on XP and found that some .bin files have had notepad icons & associations changed to VLC player's.
Is thisa bug or does VLC think it can open these file types?
How do I change these associations/icons back to their original.

[markfm]

Do a search for one of the files. Right click on it and pick "Open with" -- "Choose Program". Hunt for the program you want, then click the "Always use" checkbox.

Overall, this should be harmless. A .bin is often simply a binary -- individual apps that have their own .bin files, use them, should still be able to use them just fine.