A cps file extension is related to the QEMM, a memory management tool for MS-DOS system. A cps file stores backup data.

There are 6 other file types using
the CPS file extension!

empty icon.cps - Central Point PC Tools backup

empty icon.cps - Color PostScript file

empty icon.cps - Senior Conta plugin

empty icon.cps - Corel Photo House picture image

empty icon.cps - Classroom Performance System data

empty icon.cps - The Powder Toy saved game

CPS file extension - QEMM backup

What is cps file? How to open cps files?

File type specification:

Backup file type icon Backup file type

The cps file extension was also used by QEMM (Quarterdeck EMM), a popular DOS and Windows memory manager developed by Quarterdeck that was very popular in the DOS-only days.

It also managed memory efficiently under Windows. Symantec, which acquired Quarterdeck in 1999, no longer supports QEMM.

This cps file type entry was marked as obsolete and no longer supported file format.

This type of file is no longer actively used and is most likely obsolete. This is typically the case for system files in old operating systems, file types from long discontinued software, or previous versions of certain file types (like documents, projects etc.) that were replaced in higher versions of their original programs.

The default software associated to open cps file:

Symantec Corporation logoQEMM  Microsoft MS-DOS software

Company or developer:
Symantec Corporation

Quarterdeck Expanded Memory Manager (QEMM,), was a memory manager produced by Quarterdeck Office Systems in the late1980s through late 1990s. It was the most popular memory manager for the MS-DOS and other DOS operating systems.

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 .cps 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 .cps 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 cps file, edit cps file, convert cps file, view cps file, play cps file etc. (if exist software for corresponding action in File-Extensions.org's database).

Software that backup cps file - QEMM backup

Programs supporting the exension cps on the main platforms Windows, Mac, Linux or mobile. Click on the link to get more information about QEMM for backup cps file action.

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