alphabetical list of extensions

File extension .INI

File description

A INI file format is configuration files for software. Windows uses an .INI file to save information about your preferences. They are text files made up of two basic structures: Sections and Properties

The properties are the essential element in an INI file. Each one has a name and value. Sections are properties that may or may not be grouped. All properties listed after the section are associated with that particular section. These sections are designated by a term in square brackets followed by single lines listing the configuration options. INI file not only configured operating systems, but also fonts, startup launches, and other things that needed to be initialized by Windows.

Description of the problem

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

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

2. Incorrect .INI 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 .INI 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.