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Okay, I just saw your follow-up post. It sounds like it was just named the wrong extension. Change to .xml or .sqlplan and open again in SSMS and see what happens.
If you open the file using Notepad, you should see something similar to:
If you do not, then they may have sent you the wrong file or it is not meant to be execution plan.
Kevin
If you open the file using Notepad, you should see something similar to:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?>
<ShowPlanXML ...>
<BatchSequence>
<Batch>
<Statements>
...
</Statements>
</Batch>
</BatchSequence>
</ShowPlanXML>
If you do not, then they may have sent you the wrong file or it is not meant to be execution plan.
Kevin
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renaming the extention helped
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