Text configuration data
File type: Configuration file
Files with ini file extension can be mainly found as configuration files from many applications written for Microsoft Windows, or even the operating system itself.
Found 3 different file type records with the same ini filename suffix.
File type category:
Configuration file
Date updated: December 31, 2024
File extension ini is primarily used for configuration files in many Windows applications.
A typical .ini file contains set of parameters for the program to be used when its started. Probably short for initialize.
Use Notepad or any text/code editor to view and edit the *.ini files.
You cannot convert *.ini configuration to anything else, however you may edit them using any text editor.
Microsoft Windows (Microsoft Windows)
UltraEdit (Microsoft Windows)
NotePad++ text editor (Microsoft Windows)
Sublime Text (Microsoft Windows)
PSPad (Microsoft Windows)
GetDiz (Microsoft Windows)
Microsoft Windows NotePad (Microsoft Windows)
Sublime Text for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Sublime Text for Linux (Linux/Unix)
gedit (Linux/Unix)
Visual Studio Code (Multiplatform)
UltraEdit (Microsoft Windows)
NotePad++ text editor (Microsoft Windows)
Sublime Text (Microsoft Windows)
PSPad (Microsoft Windows)
GetDiz (Microsoft Windows)
Microsoft Windows NotePad (Microsoft Windows)
Sublime Text for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Sublime Text for Linux (Linux/Unix)
gedit (Linux/Unix)
Visual Studio Code (Multiplatform)
UltraEdit (Microsoft Windows)
NotePad++ text editor (Microsoft Windows)
Sublime Text (Microsoft Windows)
PSPad (Microsoft Windows)
GetDiz (Microsoft Windows)
Microsoft Windows NotePad (Microsoft Windows)
Sublime Text for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Sublime Text for Linux (Linux/Unix)
gedit (Linux/Unix)
Visual Studio Code (Multiplatform)
UltraEdit (Microsoft Windows)
NotePad++ text editor (Microsoft Windows)
PSPad (Microsoft Windows)
Microsoft Windows NotePad (Microsoft Windows)
Visual Studio Code (Multiplatform)
Microsoft Windows (Microsoft Windows)
ENVI (Microsoft Windows)
Finale (Microsoft Windows)
File type category:
Various data file
Date updated: September 21, 2017
The ini file extension is also used by Google Picasa, an image organizer and image viewer for organizing and editing digital photos.
The ini file used in Google Picasa contains album info.
As of Picasa for Windows version 71.18, all newly created *.ini files are named *.picasa.ini
The ini files are used for internal purposes of Google Picasa.
Conversion to other formats is not possible.
Google Picasa (Microsoft Windows)
Google Picasa for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Google Picasa for Linux (Linux/Unix)
Google Picasa (Microsoft Windows)
Google Picasa for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Google Picasa for Linux (Linux/Unix)
File type category:
Document file
Date updated: November 21, 2018
The ini file extension is also used for files in Simple Exchange Rate Information (SERIFF) format.
SERIFF specifies a text-based file format for representing currency exchange rates.
SERIFF was designed to meet certain objectives using simple and established solutions.