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PAX archive
File type: Archive and compressed file
A pax file extension is related to PAX archiving utility. A pax file stores archive.
Found 4 different file type records with the same pax filename suffix.
File type category:
Archive and compressed file
Date updated: July 19, 2025
The pax file extension is used by PAX, an archiving utility developed by POSIX with aim to create interchange format between TAR and CPIO.
But default the program creates tar archives, however they sometimes can be renamed to PAX.
The Unarchiver should be able to open *.pax archives.
Conversion to other formats is not possible.
Software applications that can open pax files:
Microsoft Windows
Apple macOS / Mac OS X
Software apps that convert pax files:
Microsoft Windows
Software apps that extract pax files:
Microsoft Windows
Apple macOS / Mac OS X
File type category:
Various data file
Date updated: September 26, 2017
The pax file extension is associated with the PAF (Personal Ancestral File) genealogy and family history program for Windows. The .pax file stores various data used for internal purposes of the PAF.
It is not possible to open the pax extension files.
The pax extension file is not convertable format.
Software applications that handle other tasks involving pax files:
Microsoft Windows
File type category:
Graphics file
Date updated: November 8, 2017
The pax file extension is associated with the PickAx. The pax file format provides lossless compression of images by using technology similar to that used in PNG files. This means that the image files will be small but without loss of image detail. Security is provided by the well-known and trusted Blowfish encryption algorithm.
Use PickAx to open .pax secure graphic files.
There is not any known conversion for the pax extension files.
Programs for viewing pax files:
Microsoft Windows
PickAx
Software apps that export pax files:
Microsoft Windows
PickAx
Software apps that print pax files:
Microsoft Windows
PickAx
File type category:
Archive and compressed file
Date updated: July 21, 2011
The PAX file extension is associated with the VCOMP. File contains lossless compressed general purpose data.
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