alphabetical list of extensions

File extension .IFF

File description

The IFF or interchange file format is used to transmit data across many platforms. The files can contain anything from text to audio files. This format was created by Electronic Arts in 1985. They began IFF as a way to easily transfer information to others.

These files are made from what are known as “chunks”: FORM, LIST and CAT. These “chunks” have different jobs assigned to them, all part of making the interchange file format. The main structure of the file contains the FORM chunk. These chunks listed may mean numerical, text, or audio data. This file format is used a lot by companies to communicate information better to one another.

Description of the problem

If you have on your computer a .IFF 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 .IFF extension. Directly on this website you can find a solution of the most common problem with the .IFF 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 .IFF 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 .IFF file does not want to open

In addition to the problem described above, i.e. the lack of the appropriate application to support the .IFF 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 .IFF file, you may have a problem with it because of its version. Perhaps in previous versions the application has not yet supported the .IFF file, so download the update and check again.

2. Incorrect .IFF 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 .IFF 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.