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PAX archive
File type: Archive and compressed file
A pax file extension is related to PAX archiving utility. A pax file stores archive.
Found 4 different file type records with the same pax filename suffix.
What is pax file?
File type category:
Archive and compressed file
Date updated: July 19, 2025
The pax file extension is used by PAX, an archiving utility developed by POSIX with aim to create interchange format between TAR and CPIO.
But default the program creates tar archives, however they sometimes can be renamed to PAX.
How to open pax file?
The Unarchiver should be able to open *.pax archives.
How to convert pax file?
Conversion to other formats is not possible.
Suggested software to open pax file:
Associated software actions with the pax file
Software applications that can open pax files:
7-zip (Microsoft Windows)
The Unarchiver (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Software apps that convert pax files:
7-zip (Microsoft Windows)
Software apps that extract pax files:
7-zip (Microsoft Windows)
The Unarchiver (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Personal Ancestral File data file
File type category:
Various data file
Date updated: September 26, 2017
The pax file extension is associated with the PAF (Personal Ancestral File) genealogy and family history program for Windows. The .pax file stores various data used for internal purposes of the PAF.
How to open pax file?
It is not possible to open the pax extension files.
How to convert pax file?
The pax extension file is not convertable format.
Suggested software to open pax file:
Associated software actions with the pax file
Software applications that handle other tasks involving pax files:
PAF (Microsoft Windows)
PickAx secure graphic file
File type category:
Graphics file
Date updated: November 8, 2017
The pax file extension is associated with the PickAx. The pax file format provides lossless compression of images by using technology similar to that used in PNG files. This means that the image files will be small but without loss of image detail. Security is provided by the well-known and trusted Blowfish encryption algorithm.
How to open pax file?
Use PickAx to open .pax secure graphic files.
How to convert pax file?
There is not any known conversion for the pax extension files.
Suggested software to open pax file:
Associated software actions with the pax file
Programs for viewing pax files:
PickAx (Microsoft Windows)
Software apps that export pax files:
PickAx (Microsoft Windows)
Software apps that print pax files:
PickAx (Microsoft Windows)
VCOMP lossless compressed general purpose data file
File type category:
Archive and compressed file
Date updated: July 21, 2011
The PAX file extension is associated with the VCOMP. File contains lossless compressed general purpose data.