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Details of extension .emf

3 extension(s) and 1 alias(es) in our database

Below, you can find answers to the following questions:

  • What is the .emf file?
  • Which program can create the .emf file?
  • Where can you find a description of the .emf format?
  • What can convert .emf files to a different format?
  • Which MIME-type is associated with the .emf extension?
.emf
EES Macro Data .emf file icon

EES Macro Data

The EMF file is an EES Macro Data. EES is a general equation-solving program that can numerically solve thousands of coupled non-linear algebraic and differential equations.
Category: Data files
Application: EES
Program name: -
Mime-type: application/octet-stream
Magic bytes (HEX): -
Magic string (ASCII): -
Aliases:
-
Links:
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Related extensions:
EES Lookup Table
EES Dynamically Linked Function
EES Plot Template
EES Units List
EES Export
.emf
MicroEMACS Macro .emf file icon

MicroEMACS Macro

The EMF file is a MicroEMACS Macro. MicroEMACS is a small, portable Emacs-like text editor.
Detailed description not available
Category: Data files
Application: MicroEMACS
Program name: -
Mime-type: application/octet-stream
Magic bytes (HEX): -
Magic string (ASCII): -
Aliases:
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Links:
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Related extensions:
MicroEMACS Abbreviation File
MicroEMACS Help
MicroEMACS Registry Data
MicroEMACS Spelling Dictionary Data
MicroEMACS Database Data
.emf
Zemax Enhanced Metafile .emf file icon

Zemax Enhanced Metafile

The EMF file is a Zemax Enhanced Metafile. ZEMAX is the software that optical engineers and designers around the world choose for lens design, illumination, laser beam propagation, stray light, freeform optical design and many other applications.
Detailed description not available
Category: Data files
Application: ZEMAX
Program name: -
Mime-type: application/octet-stream
Magic bytes (HEX): -
Magic string (ASCII): -
Aliases:
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Links:
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Related extensions:
Zemax Image Surface Data
Zemax Binary Image Surface Data
Zemax Element Drawing Settings
Zemax Element Drawing Note
Zemax ASCII Glass Catalog
.wmf
Windows Metafile .wmf file icon

Windows Metafile

The WMF file is a Windows Metafile. Windows Metafile (WMF) is a graphics file format on Microsoft Windows systems, originally designed in the early 1990s and not commonly used after the rise of the Internet and the widely used graphics formats such as GIF and JPEG. It is a vector graphics format which also allows the inclusion of raster graphics.
Category: Graphic files
Application: Microsoft Windows
Program name: -
Mime-type: image/x-wmf
Magic bytes (HEX): -
Magic string (ASCII): -
Aliases:
emf
Links:
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Related extensions:
Art Image
AT&T Group 4 Bitmap Image
Windows Bitmap Image
CALS Compressed Bitmap
CorelDraw Drawing

Other types of files may also use the .emf file extension. If you have helpful information about .emf extension, write to us!

Is it possible that the filename extension is misspelled?

We found the following similar extensions in our database:

3D Manufacturing Format Document
X-Tracker Music Module
Diploma Exam File
Electronic Fiction Manuscript
MicroEMACS Help

The .emf filename extension is often given incorrectly!

According to the searches on our site, these misspellings were the most common in the past year:

emr (1), emd (1), emb (1), elf (1), wmf (1), ehf (1), rmf (1), ef (1), mef (1), 3mf (1), enf (1), emt (1), emg (1), emc (1), em (1)

Can't open a .emf file?

If you want to open a .emf file on your computer, you just need to have the appropriate program installed. If the .emf association isn't set correctly, you may receive the following error message:

Windows can't open this file:

File: example.emf

To open this file, Windows needs to know what program you want to use to open it. Windows can go online to look it up automatically, or you can manually select from a list of programs that are installed on your computer.

To change file associations:

  • Right-click a file with the extension whose association you want to change, and then click Open With.
  • In the Open With dialog box, click the program whith which you want the file to open, or click Browse to locate the program that you want.
  • Select the Always use the selected program to open this kind of file check box.

Supported operating systems

Windows Server 2016/2019/2022, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux, Mac OS X, macOS, iOS, Android