GOLD file extension. How to open and convert files with GOLD file suffix

A gold file extension is related to the Gnome Desktop and used for its data files.

Software that open gold file

GOLD file extension - Gnome Desktop data

What is gold file? How to open gold files?

File type specification:

The gold file extension is associated with the Gnome Desktop, a desktop environment for Linux and BSD based operating system.

The gold file contains some kind of data used by Gnome.

The default software associated to open gold file:

Gnome Desktop

Company or developer:
The GNOME Project

GNOME is a desktop environment used by various of Linux and Unix distribution packages. GNOME includes reating software development frameworks, selecting application software for the desktop, and working on the programs which manage application launching, file handling, and window and task management.

Help how to open:

This file type is not meant to be opened directly, there is no software that could open and work with it directly, or there is no information available in public sources about opening this file type. This is usually the case of some internal data files, caches, temporary files etc.

How to convert:

As far as we know, this .gold file type can't be converted to any other file format. This is usually the case of system, configuration, temporary, or data files containing data exclusive to only one software and used for its own purposes. Also some proprietary or closed file formats cannot be converted to more common file types in order to protect the intellectual property of the developer, which is for example the case of some DRM-protected multimedia files.

List of recommended software applications associated to the .gold file extension

Recommended software programs are sorted by OS platform (Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android etc.)
and possible program actions that can be done with the file: like open gold file, edit gold file, convert gold file, view gold file, play gold file etc. (if exist software for corresponding action in File-Extensions.org's database).

Unspecified and all other actions for computer programs working with gold file - Gnome Desktop data

Click on the software link for more information about Gnome Desktop. Gnome Desktop uses gold file type for its internal purposes and/or also by different way than common edit or open file actions (eg. to install/execute/support an application itself, to store application or user data, configure program etc.).

Linux/Unix:

Main software associated with gold file by default:
Gnome Desktop
Other suggested software:
Linux operating systems

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