File Extension is group of letters that specify the data type in the file and helps windows to select the appropriate program to open the particular file. .bdp file is a Bad Mail Pointer File that contains diagnostic information which points to the location of .eml or .bad file due to which it is also called a binary file.
.bdp file is a Bad Mail Pointer File, contains diagnostic information which points to the location of .eml or .bad file due to which it is also called a binary file. In another words we can say that a BDP File is an Exchange Diagnostic message file created by the Microsoft for the purpose of locating non delivered message to the specified recipients. It generally generates an EML file into the Outlook Express Mail Message Files. The BDP files are saved in BadMail Folder along with .bdr and .bad files.
Format :- .bdp File Format
Category :- Data File
Mime Type :- Text/ plane
Application :- Notepad
The Microsoft Exchange Server generates a non-delivery report (NDR) status along with the reason of not delivering the message to specified receiver and then the generated NDR message will be sanded to the sender and get stored in the Bad Mail Folder.
The location of .bdp file as it save in the BadMail Folder, its location is given bellow.
Location of .BDP File
Location of BadMail Folder on the system which is running the Exchange Server.
C:\Program Files\Exchsrvr\Mailroot\vsi 1\BadMail
Location of BadMail Folder on the system which is not running the Exchange Server.
C:\Inetpub\mailroot\Badmail
Simply double click on the .bdp file the file will be open if the file does not open by double click then there might be some issue with the .bdp file. So firstly resolve the issue then access the file.
If the user is unable to open and operate the .bdp file there may be some issue all possible reason given below.
You can simply change the computers setting by follow the steps given below.
Now the all file format can be viewed along with the .bdp file format.
Many time user go for the an easy way to resolve the problem i.e. Rename the file extension but this is not good practice because it does not change the data type of particular file.
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.bdp
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AppKill.Document
Conclusion
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