Most common Windows file extensions

By TheGeek on October 23, 2008 under QuickTips

Windows uses different file extensions to identify the different files that it handles. Ever wonder what those file types are and what they are associated with? Here are some of the most common file extensions in Windows,

Extension	Description	Comments
JPG	Graphics, Pictures	Opened by the default graphics program or by the default internet browser
GIF	Graphics, Pictures	Opened by the default graphics program or by the default internet browser
BMP	Graphics (large file sizes)	Opened by Paint or by other graphics programs
TXT	Text file	Opened by Notepad or other word processing programs
DOC	Word Document	Opened by MS Word
PDF	Portable Document File	Opened by Adobe Reader
HTML	Web pages	Opened by the default internet browser
MP3	MPEG Audio Layer 3 file	Opened by Windows Media Player
WAV	Waveform Sound file	Opened by Windows Media Player
AVI	Video clip	Opened by Windows Media Player
RM	Video clip	Opened by Real Player
DLL	Dynamic Link Library file	Used by many of the softwares
EXE	Executable file	An executable program
ZIP	Compressed file	Opened by WinZip

The above listed extensions are the most common Windows file extensions and there are thousands of file extensions that Windows deals with. For a list of all file extensions you can visit one of these web sites,

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