alphabetical list of extensions

File extension .LUA

File description

Files that have a LUA file extension contain graphics programming scripts. If a file has a LUA extension, it is designed to extend to different computer applications. The scripting language is lightweight and portable. These files can be used as stand-alone scripts in a text-based file format or compiled into a lightweight executable program.

Computer games are some of the many applications that use LUA scripts in their operation. A LUA file may be embedded in a C application through the use of a C API. There are pre-written LUA bindings for most popular programming and scripting languages.

Description of the problem

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

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

2. Incorrect .LUA 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 .LUA 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.