alphabetical list of extensions

File extension .TMP

File description

The TMP file format comprises of the temporary files that have been designed to temporarily hold data on your system whereas you are making use of a specific application program. The files that are created using several programs, normally when a program that you are running is not able to assign enough memory for the particular task it is working on.

Though, the temporary file format is supposed to be deleted automatically after they have served their purpose, this does not always happen as it should. As the TMP files can comprise of the critical program data, it is not advised to remove them manually unless you are sure that the details within the TMP extension is no longer required.

Description of the problem

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

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

2. Incorrect .TMP 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 .TMP 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.