Files with sol extension are mainly related to Adobe Flash platform used to create interactive web content. A sol file stores shared object, also referred as Flash cookies.
There are 3 other file types using
the SOL file extension!
.sol - Solution
.sol - SWAT soil input data
.sol - Canoco analysis data
Software that open sol file
SOL file extension - Adobe Flash shared object
What is sol file? How to open sol files?
File extension sol is associated with Adobe Flash technology and used for files that contain shared object.
Shared-objects are sometimes referred as Flash cookies. Shared-objects enable Flash movies to save data which persists across multiple sessions (In this context, a session means an instance of entering and leaving a site).
There are many possible uses of shared-objects. For example to keep track of a shopping cart, to store user's preferences, or to check whether a user is a new visitor.
Updated: January 8, 2025
The default software associated to open sol file:
Adobe Flash 
(obsolete software)
Company or developer:
Adobe Systems Incorporated
Adobe Flash was an authoring environment for creating interactive websites with animations and video content. Flash works with vector and raster graphics to provide animation of text, drawings, and still images. It also supported audio and video streaming. Adobe Flash Player can display Flash content on various computing platforms. The latest version of Adobe Flash CC Professional was available through Creative Cloud.
Adobe Flash is discontinued software and was replaced by Adobe Animate CC.
Company or developer:
Adobe Systems Incorporated
Adobe Flash for Mac is a multimedia platform used to add animation, video, and interactivity to web pages. Latest version Adobe Flash CC Professional is available through Creative Cloud.
Adobe Flash Player 
(obsolete software)
Company or developer:
Adobe Systems Incorporated
Adobe Flash Player was an add-on to the operating system that played Adobe Flash animations and movies in Web browsers. It supported a variety of operating systems, such as Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, etc.
Support for Flash ended on December 31, 2020.
List of software applications associated to the .sol file extension
Recommended software programs are sorted by OS platform (Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android etc.)
and possible program actions that can be done with the file: like open sol file, edit sol file, convert sol file, view sol file, play sol file etc. (if exist software for corresponding action in File-Extensions.org's database).
Hint:
Click on the tab below to simply browse between the application actions, to quickly get a list of recommended software, which is able to perform the specified software action, such as opening, editing or converting sol files.
Programs that can create sol file - Adobe Flash shared object
Programs supporting the exension sol on the main platforms Windows, Mac, Linux or mobile. Click on the link to get more information about listed programs for create sol file action.
Microsoft Windows:
Adobe Flash (obsolete/discontinued)
