Files with bat file extension can be commonly found as so called batch files. These text files are small scripts that contain a sequence of commands for a computer operating system.
Software that open bat file
BAT file extension - Batch file (executable)
What is bat file? How to open bat files?
File type specification:
Source code and script file type
Dangerous and malicious file type
Email attachment blocked file type
bat file icon: 
The bat file extension is traditionally used for batch files. A batch file is a text file that contains a sequence of commands for a computer operating system.
It's called a batch file because it batches (bundles or packages) into a single file a set of commands that would otherwise have to be presented to the system interactively from a keyboard one at a time. A batch file is usually created for command sequences for which a user has a repeated need. Commonly needed batch files are often delivered as part of an operating system. You initiate the sequence of commands in the batch file by simply entering the name of the batch file on a command line.
In MS-DOS. the best known batch file used was is the AUTOEXEC.BAT that initialized DOS when the system was started. In Unix-based operating systems, a batch file is called a shell script. In IBM's mainframe VM operating systems, it's called an EXEC.
MIME types used:
application/x-msdos-program
application/x-msdownload
application/bat
application/x-bat
application/textedit
application/octet-stream
Updated: December 31, 2024
The default software associated to open bat file:
Company or developer:
Microsoft Corporation
A family of operating systems developed by Microsoft Corp. The first Windows was released in 1985 as a GUI add-on to MS-DOS. Currently, the latest version is Microsoft Windows 11.
List of software applications associated to the .bat file extension
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and possible program actions that can be done with the file: like open bat file, edit bat file, convert bat file, view bat file, play bat file etc. (if exist software for corresponding action in File-Extensions.org's database).
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Software that open bat file - Batch file (executable)
Programs supporting the exension bat on the main platforms Windows, Mac, Linux or mobile. Click on the link to get more information about listed programs for open bat file action.
Microsoft Windows:
Main software associated with bat file by default:
Microsoft Windows
Other suggested software:
Sublime Text
PSPad
NotePad++ text editor
Microsoft Windows 7
Microsoft Windows NotePad
Microsoft Windows 8
Microsoft Windows XP Professional
Microsoft Windows 10
Microsoft Windows Vista
Microsoft Windows 2000 (obsolete/discontinued)
Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 (obsolete/discontinued)
Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition
Linux/Unix:
Multiplatform:
Microsoft MS-DOS:
MS-DOS (obsolete/discontinued)
