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Text configuration data
File type: Configuration file
Files with ini file extension can be mainly found as configuration files from many applications written for Microsoft Windows, or even the operating system itself.
Found 3 different file type records with the same ini filename suffix.
File type category:
Configuration file
Date updated: December 31, 2024
File extension ini is primarily used for configuration files in many Windows applications.
A typical .ini file contains set of parameters for the program to be used when its started. Probably short for initialize.
Use Notepad or any text/code editor to view and edit the *.ini files.
You cannot convert *.ini configuration to anything else, however you may edit them using any text editor.
Software applications that can open ini files:
Microsoft Windows
Apple macOS / Mac OS X
Linux/Unix
Multiplatform
Software applications that can edit ini files:
Microsoft Windows
Apple macOS / Mac OS X
Linux/Unix
Multiplatform
Software capable of saving ini files:
Microsoft Windows
Apple macOS / Mac OS X
Linux/Unix
Multiplatform
Software apps that create ini files:
Microsoft Windows
Multiplatform
Software apps that manage or store settings in ini files:
Microsoft Windows
File type category:
Various data file
Date updated: September 21, 2017
Record marked as obsolete and not updated for a long time.
The ini file extension is also used by Google Picasa, an image organizer and image viewer for organizing and editing digital photos.
The ini file used in Google Picasa contains album info.
As of Picasa for Windows version 71.18, all newly created *.ini files are named *.picasa.ini
The ini files are used for internal purposes of Google Picasa.
Conversion to other formats is not possible.
Software applications that can open ini files:
Microsoft Windows
Apple macOS / Mac OS X
Linux/Unix
Software apps that create ini files:
Microsoft Windows
Apple macOS / Mac OS X
Linux/Unix
File type category:
Document file
Date updated: November 21, 2018
Record marked as obsolete and not updated for a long time.
The ini file extension is also used for files in Simple Exchange Rate Information (SERIFF) format.
SERIFF specifies a text-based file format for representing currency exchange rates.
SERIFF was designed to meet certain objectives using simple and established solutions.