List of Basic File extensions in windows

A file extension or file name extension is the ending of a file that helps identify the type of file in operating systems, such as Microsoft Windows. In Microsoft Windows, the file name extension is a period that is often followed by three characters but may also be one, two, or four characters long. Here we listed out some of the basic File extensions.

Data Files
.CSV Comma Separated Values File
.DAT Data File
.GED GEDCOM Genealogy Data File
.KEY Keynote Presentation
.KEYCHAIN Mac OS X Keychain File
.PPS PowerPoint Slide Show
.PPT PowerPoint Presentation
.PPTX PowerPoint Open XML Presentation
.SDF Standard Data File
.TAR Consolidated Unix File Archive
.TAX2016 TurboTax 2016 Tax Return
.TAX2017 TurboTax 2017 Tax Return
.VCF vCard File
.XML XML File
Text Files
.DOC Microsoft Word Document
.DOCX Microsoft Word Open XML Document
.LOG Log File
.MSG Outlook Mail Message
.ODT OpenDocument Text Document
.PAGES Pages Document
.RTF Rich Text Format File
.TEX LaTeX Source Document
.TXT Plain Text File
.WPD WordPerfect Document
.WPS Microsoft Works Word Processor Document
Audio Files
.AIF Audio Interchange File Format
.IFF Interchange File Format
.M3U Media Playlist File
.M4A MPEG-4 Audio File
.MID MIDI File
.MP3 MP3 Audio File
.MPA MPEG-2 Audio File
.WAV WAVE Audio File
.WMA Windows Media Audio File
Video Files
.3G2 3GPP2 Multimedia File
.3GP 3GPP Multimedia File
.ASF Advanced Systems Format File
.AVI Audio Video Interleave File
.FLV Animate Video File
.M4V iTunes Video File
.MOV Apple QuickTime Movie
.MP4 MPEG-4 Video File
.MPG MPEG Video File
.RM RealMedia File
.SRT SubRip Subtitle File
.SWF Shockwave Flash Movie
.VOB DVD Video Object File
.WMV Windows Media Video File
3D Image Files
.3DM Rhino 3D Model
.3DS 3D Studio Scene
.MAX 3ds Max Scene File
.OBJ Wavefront 3D Object File
Raster Image Files
.BMP Bitmap Image File
.DDS DirectDraw Surface
.GIF Graphical Interchange Format File
.JPG JPEG Image
.PNG Portable Network Graphic
.PSD Adobe Photoshop Document
.PSPIMAGE PaintShop Pro Image
.TGA Targa Graphic
.THM Thumbnail Image File
.TIF Tagged Image File
.TIFF Tagged Image File Format
.YUV YUV Encoded Image File
Vector Image Files
.AI Adobe Illustrator File
.EPS Encapsulated PostScript File
.PS PostScript File
.SVG Scalable Vector Graphics File
Page Layout Files
.INDD Adobe InDesign Document
.PCT Picture File
.PDF Portable Document Format File
Spreadsheet Files
.XLR Works Spreadsheet
.XLS Excel Spreadsheet
.XLSX Microsoft Excel Open XML Spreadsheet
Database Files
.ACCDB Access 2007 Database File
.DB Database File
.DBF Database File
.MDB Microsoft Access Database
.PDB Program Database
.SQL Structured Query Language Data File
Executable Files
.APK Android Package File
.APP Mac OS X Application
.BAT DOS Batch File
.CGI Common Gateway Interface Script
.COM DOS Command File
.EXE Windows Executable File
.GADGET Windows Gadget
.JAR Java Archive File
.WSF Windows Script File
Game Files
.B Grand Theft Auto 3 Saved Game File
.DEM Video Game Demo File
.GAM Saved Game File
.NES Nintendo (NES) ROM File
.ROM N64 Game ROM File
.SAV Saved Game
CAD Files
.DWG AutoCAD Drawing Database File
.DXF Drawing Exchange Format File
GIS Files
.GPX GPS Exchange File
.KML Keyhole Markup Language File
.KMZ Google Earth Placemark File
Web Files
.ASP Active Server Page
.ASPX Active Server Page Extended File
.CER Internet Security Certificate
.CFM ColdFusion Markup File
.CSR Certificate Signing Request File
.CSS Cascading Style Sheet
.DCR Shockwave Media File
.HTM Hypertext Markup Language File
.HTML Hypertext Markup Language File
.JS JavaScript File
.JSP Java Server Page
.PHP PHP Source Code File
.RSS Rich Site Summary
.XHTML Extensible Hypertext Markup Language File
Plugin Files
.CRX Chrome Extension
.PLUGIN Mac OS X Plugin
Font Files
.FNT Windows Font File
.FON Generic Font File
.OTF OpenType Font
.TTF TrueType Font
System Files
.CAB Windows Cabinet File
.CPL Windows Control Panel Item
.CUR Windows Cursor
.DESKTHEMEPACK Windows 8 Desktop Theme Pack File
.DLL Dynamic Link Library
.DMP Windows Memory Dump
.DRV Device Driver
.ICNS Mac OS X Icon Resource File
.ICO Icon File
.LNK Windows File Shortcut
.SYS Windows System File
Settings Files
.CFG Configuration File
.INI Windows Initialization File
.PRF Outlook Profile File
Encoded Files
.HQX BinHex 4.0 Encoded File
.MIM Multi-Purpose Internet Mail Message File
.UUE Uuencoded File
Compressed Files
.7Z 7-Zip Compressed File
.CBR Comic Book RAR Archive
.DEB Debian Software Package
.GZ Gnu Zipped Archive
.PKG Mac OS X Installer Package
.RAR WinRAR Compressed Archive
.RPM Red Hat Package Manager File
.SITX StuffIt X Archive
.TAR.GZ Compressed Tarball File
.ZIP Zipped File
.ZIPX Extended Zip File
Disk Image Files
.BIN Binary Disc Image
.CUE Cue Sheet File
.DMG Mac OS X Disk Image
.ISO Disc Image File
.MDF Media Disc Image File
.TOAST Toast Disc Image
.VCD Virtual CD
Developer Files
.C C/C++ Source Code File
.CLASS Java Class File
.CPP C++ Source Code File
.CS C# Source Code File
.DTD Document Type Definition File
.FLA Adobe Animate Animation
.H C/C++/Objective-C Header File
.JAVA Java Source Code File
.LUA Lua Source File
.M Objective-C Implementation File
.PL Perl Script
.PY Python Script
.SH Bash Shell Script
.SLN Visual Studio Solution File
.SWIFT Swift Source Code File
.VB Visual Basic Project Item File
.VCXPROJ Visual C++ Project
.XCODEPROJ Xcode Project
Backup Files
.BAK Backup File
.TMP Temporary File
Misc Files
.CRDOWNLOAD Chrome Partially Downloaded File
.ICS Calendar File
.MSI Windows Installer Package
.PART Partially Downloaded File
.TORRENT BitTorrent File

 

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