PE - Portable Executable
File type: Program executable file
Files with pe file extension are related to the Microsoft Windows Portable Executable Format used by 32-bit Windows operating systems.
Found 4 different file type records with the same pe filename suffix.
File type category:
Program executable file
Date updated: December 30, 2024
The pe file extension is related to a PE format which is portable across all Microsoft 32-bit operating systems.
This executable file format was introduced with Windows NT. It is called the Portable Executable (PE) format because it is supposed to be portable across all 32-bit operating systems by Microsoft.
The same PE format executable can be executed on any version of Windows NT, Windows 95, and Win32s. Also, the same format is used for executables for Windows NT running on processors other than Intel x86, such as MIPS, Alpha, and Power PC.
The 32-bit DLLs and Windows NT device drivers also follow the same PE format.
Software apps that create pe files:
Microsoft Windows
Software applications that handle other tasks involving pe files:
Microsoft Windows
File type category:
Miscellaneous file
Date updated: September 22, 2026
PatentEase files store information used by the PatentEase application. The format is specific to PatentEase rather than being a general-purpose interchange format.
The file is intended for use on Microsoft Windows with PatentEase. Other applications may not be able to interpret its contents correctly.
Open the file with PatentEase on Microsoft Windows. If PatentEase is installed, use its Open command or associate the PE file extension with the application.
To transfer information from a PE file, open it in PatentEase and use any export functions provided by the application.
Software applications that handle other tasks involving pe files:
Microsoft Windows
File type category:
Plugin, addon file
Date updated: August 22, 2018
The pe file extension is associated with Privacy Eraser Pro and used for its plug-in files, that extend cleaning features, with which users can more easily erase the tracks left by any applications.
Probably not meant to be accessed by the user.
Probably cannot be converted to anything else.
Software apps that import pe files:
Microsoft Windows
Software applications that handle other tasks involving pe files:
Microsoft Windows
File type category:
Various data file
Date updated: October 11, 2026
Systems Tool Kit, also known as STK, is a physics-based geometry engine developed by Analytical Graphics, Inc. (AGI). A pe file supplies planetary ephemeris data for STK calculations.
The file is stored as ASCII text and contains time-dependent ephemeris information used to represent planetary bodies. It is a supporting data file for STK rather than a standalone document.
STK is available for Microsoft Windows.
Open the pe file with Systems Tool Kit on Microsoft Windows.
Because the format is ASCII text, its contents can also be viewed in a text editor, but a text editor will not provide STK's ephemeris calculations or visualisation.
Language
