resourcehacker is a no-go on opening the file regardless of any extension you put on it.
renaming to .txt allows for viewing of some xml code.

but i guess its back to being the burning question thats plagued us since the beginning.. how do we open and edit this file...

i presume a hex editor is needed to make some adjustments, then maybe opening it with resource hacker afterwards would be the right step.. i dunno.

logitech, you suck. but this remote is the awesome.