EFX

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Everex eFax fax document

File type: Document file

Files with efx file extension can be found as fax documents from Everex eFax program.

Found 3 different file type records with the same efx filename suffix.

What is efx file?

File type category:
Document file

Date updated: June 23, 2025

The efx file extension is related to Everex eFax. EFX is one of the three file formats used by the eFAX

These files can be read with free eFax Messenger software form j2 Global.

How to open efx file?

You can view these documents using eFax Messenger program.

How to convert efx file?

Use compatible tools to export *.efx files to other formats (pdf, tif, doc, jpg, xls, html).

Suggested software to open efx file:

Associated software actions with the efx file

Software applications that can open efx files:

Microsoft Windows

Programs for viewing efx files:

Microsoft Windows

Multiplatform

Software apps that print efx files:

Microsoft Windows

Multiplatform

Ensoniq instrument data

File type category:
Audio and sound file

Date updated: November 10, 2024

The efx file extension is related to the Ensoniq instrument data format.

An American electronics manufacturer, best known throughout the mid-1980s and 1990s.

Seems to be obsolete file format without support from developer.

How to open efx file?

Use Awave Studio to open *.efx files.

How to convert efx file?

Compatible tools may be able to export *.efx files to other formats.

Suggested software to open efx file:

Associated software actions with the efx file

Apps designed for playing efx files:

Microsoft Windows

Quake 3 Arena effect file

File type category:
Game file

Date updated: September 27, 2026

EFX files are game-resource files for Quake 3 Arena, developed by id Software. They contain definitions for effects used by the game's engine.

An EFX file belongs with the other assets of the game or a Quake 3 Arena modification. Such assets may be stored inside a PK3 archive, and the game or modification loads the effect file when its content refers to it.

Quake 3 Arena was released for Microsoft Windows, and the EFX format is a legacy format tied to that game and its modifications rather than a general-purpose interchange format.

How to open efx file?

Use Quake 3 Arena on Microsoft Windows to load an EFX file as game content. Place it in the correct game or modification directory, or extract it from its PK3 archive if necessary; the game must have content that references the effect.

Because EFX files are game resources rather than user documents, they do not normally open as standalone documents.

How to convert efx file?

EFX files do not have a useful general conversion format. They are definitions specific to Quake 3 Arena and are normally used as supplied.

There is no standard export process that converts an EFX file into a common media or document format.

Suggested software to open efx file:

Associated software actions with the efx file

Software applications that handle other tasks involving efx files:

Microsoft Windows

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