alphabetical list of extensions

File extension .COM

File description

The DOS command files is a type of batch file. DOS uses a command translator that runs when no other app programs are running. DOS will reload an existing application from disk if the transitory portion of the command translator in memory is too much.

The DOS command file is operated on the COMMAND.COM extension. The default command line translator is on Windows ME, Windows 95, and Windows 98. Because this typical file is a batch file, the folders can be edited after the application is finished. The folder also contains multiple files to distinguish parts of the codes that unite it.

Description of the problem

If you have on your computer a .COM file that you cannot open, you are in exactly the same situation as thousands of other people who have similar problems with this or any other unknown file.

There may be several reasons why you cannot open the file with .COM extension. Directly on this website you can find a solution of the most common problem with the .COM file – that you do not have on your computer the appropriate program to open the file.

Solution

From the list below, select the appropriate program, install it and double click on the icon of a file that did not want to open - the problem with the .COM file extension should be solved. However, if this does not happen, go back to the website to learn about other possible causes of the error, which have been described at the bottom of the website.

Other possible reasons why your .COM file does not want to open

In addition to the problem described above, i.e. the lack of the appropriate application to support the .COM file, there may be several reasons that cause problems with opening and operation of the data format:

1. Incorrect version of the installed application

A quite common problem is the lack of application in the appropriate version. Even if you have an application, with the help of which you should open the .COM file, you may have a problem with it because of its version. Perhaps in previous versions the application has not yet supported the .COM file, so download the update and check again.

2. Incorrect .COM file association with the program

If you have already installed the appropriate application, and it is the correct version, the file may not open correctly, because the operating system does not have information that this program supports the file. So you need to "show" which program the computer should use. To do this:

Right-click the .COM file
Go to the "Open with" - then "Choose default program ..."
Locate the appropriate application
Click "OK"

3. The file is corrupt

It also happens that the file you want to open is corrupt and therefore there is no such possibility. In this situation, you should find its different version, or ask a person from whom you got, to send it again.