You're here because you have a file that has a file extension ending in .mat. Files with the file extension .mat can only be launched by certain applications. It's possible that .mat files are data files rather than documents or media, which means they're not meant to be viewed at all.
what is a .mat file?
Files with the .mat extension are files that are in the binary data container format that the MATLAB program uses. The extension was developed by Mathworks and MAT files are categorized as data files that include variables, functions, arrays and other information. MAT files can be saved in a variety of formats as long as users choose to save them in a version that belongs to the MATLAB Preferences. There are the so called level 4 MAT files wherein two-dimensional matrices and character strings are supported and there is also the level 5 MAT files wherein several things are included like the cell arrays,