Found 5 file types for the .CNT file extension
This page describes: Help Contents file
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File extension CNT - Help Contents file
What is CNT file extension:
The CNT file extension is related to Help Contents files. The .cnt files are help files used by Windows and contain topics relevant to a certain Help document. They may have been created by Microsoft Help Workshop, a program for developing help documentation.
Also There is a known security issue with .cnt files that allows them to be exploited, causing a stack-based buffer overflow, which can be used to run malicious codes Its is imperative that you do not open unknown .cnt files.
The default software that works with cnt file format:
Company or developer:
Microsoft Corporation
Microsoft Windows Help is used to create help files for Microsoft Windows operating system and other Microsoft applications. Windows Help SDKs are different for every version of Windows it can be called Windows Help, Help and Support Center, Assistance Platform 1.0 Client - Windows Vista Help SDK, Microsoft Windows: HTML Help 1.4 etc.
Company or developer:
Microsoft Corporation
Microsoft Windows is a family of operating systems developed by the Microsoft Corp.. The first Windows was released in 1985 as a GUI add-on to MS-DOS. MS-DOS based Windows versions were developed to 2000, when was released the last version called Windows ME. Windows based on NT core started in 1993. Windows NT family are developed to these days, the latest version is called Windows 7. On NT core are also developed server versions of Microsoft Windows. The latest version is Windows 2008 Server. For portable devices and minimalistic computers, Microsoft develops Windows CE operating system.
List of software associated to the .cnt file extension
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that can be done with the file: like open cnt file, edit cnt file, convert cnt file, view cnt file, play cnt file etc. (if exist software for corresponding action in File-Extensions.org's database).
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Programs that open cnt file - Help Contents file
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Microsoft Windows platform:
Main software associated with cnt file by default:
Microsoft Windows Help
Other suggested software:
Adobe RoboHelp
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