PowerDesk encrypted data
File type: Encoded and encrypted file
A pde file extension identifies encrypted data created by PowerDesk Pro. A pde file stores data in encrypted form.
Found 6 different file type records with the same pde filename suffix.
File type category:
Encoded and encrypted file
Date updated: October 7, 2026
The pde file extension is used by PowerDesk Pro, a file manager for Microsoft Windows.
PDE files contain data encrypted by PowerDesk Pro. They are created by the program as part of its encryption functions.
Open the file with PowerDesk Pro to decrypt its contents.
Use PowerDesk Pro on Microsoft Windows to open a pde file and decrypt its contents.
A pde file is not normally converted directly to another file format. Open it with PowerDesk Pro, decrypt the contents, and save or export the resulting files in their appropriate formats.
Software applications that can open pde files:
Microsoft Windows
Software apps that create pde files:
Microsoft Windows
Software applications that handle other tasks involving pde files:
Microsoft Windows
File type category:
Settings, options, themes or skins file
Date updated: October 7, 2026
Advanced Function Presentation (AFP) is an IBM document and print presentation architecture used in printer software. An AFP page definition specifies how pages are formatted, including the placement and presentation of content on the page.
A pde file is a page-definition resource rather than a complete document. It works with AFP data and other AFP resources to control the layout used for viewing or printing.
The file is associated with the AFP Viewer Plug-in for Microsoft Windows. It is intended for use within AFP workflows and is not normally useful as a standalone document.
On Microsoft Windows, open the related AFP content with the AFP Viewer Plug-in and make sure the pde file is available to the viewer in the location expected by the AFP workflow. The file may not display meaningful content when opened by itself because it is a page-definition resource.
A pde file is a formatting resource, not a self-contained document, so it cannot normally be converted directly to a common document format. Use the AFP workflow that uses the page definition and export or print the resulting AFP content through an appropriate AFP application if a different output format is required.
Software apps that manage or store settings in pde files:
Microsoft Windows
File type category:
Various data file
Date updated: May 17, 2022
The pde file extension is associated with Arduino, a developing tool for Microsoft Windows and other platforms, used to create electronic prototypes, developed by SmartProjects.
The pde file stores sketch (source code written in Arduino programming language) that enables users to control Arduino circuit boards.
If any program can open this unique .pde file type, it would be Arduino.
We do not know about any possible conversion for this file type at this time.
File type category:
Various data file
Date updated: October 7, 2026
REGINA3 is data acquisition software for RITA (Registry of Industrial Toxicology Animal-data) and NACAD (North American Control Animal Database), and uses the pde file to store data in the Pathology Data Exchange Format.
REGINA3 is available for Microsoft Windows.
Open the file with REGINA3 on Microsoft Windows.
Software applications that can open pde files:
Microsoft Windows
File type category:
Source code and script file
Date updated: August 19, 2019
Record marked as obsolete and not updated for a long time.
The pde file extension is related to the source code written in Processing programming language.
Processing is an open source programming language and environment for people who want to create images, animations, and interactions. Initially developed to serve as a software sketchbook and to teach fundamentals of computer programming within a visual context, Processing also has evolved into a tool for generating finished professional work.
File type category:
Document file
Date updated: October 7, 2026
The pde file extension is associated with ProntoDoc for Excel, an authoring and auto-filling plug-in for the Microsoft Excel spreadsheet application.
The pde file stores a document template created with ProntoDoc. The template provides the structure and content that ProntoDoc uses when producing a populated document.
ProntoDoc for Excel is designed to work with Microsoft Excel on Microsoft Windows. The file is part of the ProntoDoc workflow rather than a standard Excel workbook, so it is intended to be used through the ProntoDoc add-in.
Install ProntoDoc for Excel in Microsoft Excel on Microsoft Windows, then open the pde file through the ProntoDoc add-in. Microsoft Excel alone may not display the template correctly.
Open the pde file with ProntoDoc for Excel. The program may be able to generate or export its content to another document format.
Software applications that can open pde files:
Microsoft Windows
Software applications that can edit pde files:
Microsoft Windows
Software capable of saving pde files:
Microsoft Windows
Software apps that create pde files:
Microsoft Windows
Software apps that print pde files:
Microsoft Windows
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