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.
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.
The Unarchiver should be able to open *.pax archives.
Conversion to other formats is not possible.
Software applications that can open pax files:
Microsoft Windows
Apple macOS / Mac OS X
Software apps that convert pax files:
Microsoft Windows
Software apps that extract pax files:
Microsoft Windows
Apple macOS / Mac OS X
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.
It is not possible to open the pax extension files.
The pax extension file is not convertable format.
Software applications that handle other tasks involving pax files:
Microsoft Windows
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.
Use PickAx to open .pax secure graphic files.
There is not any known conversion for the pax extension files.
Programs for viewing pax files:
Microsoft Windows
PickAx
Software apps that export pax files:
Microsoft Windows
PickAx
Software apps that print pax files:
Microsoft Windows
PickAx
File type category:
Archive and compressed file
Date updated: September 27, 2026
VCOMP creates pax files to reduce the size of general-purpose data without losing information. The compression is lossless, so decompression restores the data to its original form.
A pax file is a compressed data file rather than a document intended for direct editing. VCOMP is used to decompress it and provide access to the recovered data.
Open the file with VCOMP, the software associated with this format. Use VCOMP to decompress the file and restore the original data.
VCOMP files are normally converted by decompressing them with VCOMP. The result is the original uncompressed data, which can then be saved or converted with a program that supports its recovered format.
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