WinACE compressed ace archive
File type: Archive and compressed file
Files with ace extension are in most cases archives compressed using the WinAce utility. Somewhat rare nowadays, but very popular in the past.
Found 4 different file type records with the same ace filename suffix.
File type category:
Archive and compressed file
Date updated: July 19, 2025
File extension ace is primarily known to be used for the native format of older WinACE archiver. Was used somewhat in the past, but didn't gain any significant market share.
Note: Always be careful when handling unknown .ace files, they are known to be used for malware/phishing campaigns, especially over e-mails.
MIME types:
application/x-compressed
application/x-ace
Use WinACE or another archiving or compression application to open the .ace file.
The easiest way how to convert ACE archive is to decompress it with the use of WinACE and repack the content with another compression or archive application of your choice.
WinACE Archiver (Microsoft Windows)
7-zip (Microsoft Windows)
WinRAR (Microsoft Windows)
ALZip (Microsoft Windows)
IZArc (Microsoft Windows)
ZipZag (Microsoft Windows)
Unace for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Xarchiver (Linux/Unix)
Unace for Linux (Linux/Unix)
WinACE Archiver (Microsoft Windows)
ALZip (Microsoft Windows)
WinACE Archiver (Microsoft Windows)
7-zip (Microsoft Windows)
WinRAR (Microsoft Windows)
PicoZIP (Microsoft Windows)
ALZip (Microsoft Windows)
ZIPGenius (Microsoft Windows)
IZArc (Microsoft Windows)
ZipZag (Microsoft Windows)
Unace for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
The Unarchiver (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Xarchiver (Linux/Unix)
Unace for Linux (Linux/Unix)
File type category:
Bitmap image file
Date updated: June 23, 2025
The ace file extension was also used in the past for Aces200 bitmap program.
Most likely some old format without support from the developer. No further information could be found.
Use XnView to open and view *.ace images.
Most graphics formats can be usually converted between each other.
XnView MP (Multiplatform)
XnView MP (Multiplatform)
File type category:
Various data file
Date updated: July 15, 2019
The ace file extension is associated with the Tablet, a high performance graphical viewing software for Microsoft Windows operating system.
The ace file contains assembly data used by Tablet program.
Probably not meant to be accessed by the user.
Probably cannot be converted to anything else.
Tablet (Microsoft Windows)
File type category:
Game file
Date updated: April 3, 2018
The ace file extension is related to the Train Simulator, a train simulation computer game for Microsoft Windows operating system, developed by Microsoft.
The ace file stores texture from Train Simulator.
You cannot open this file type manually, it is accessed by the game automatically.
These games files cannot be converted to anything else. However, sometimes modding.
Train Simulator (Microsoft Windows)
Language