Details of extension .rix

On this page, we're going to take a closer look at the .rix file extension. We'll explain what exactly a .rix fileformat is and how you can use it. If you're interested in learning more details about this type of file, we'll show you where to find them. And if you ever need to convert .rix files into different formats, we'll give you some tips on how to do that too. Let's see the 2 file formats associated with this file extension!

Contents

• Softstar RIX OPL Music Format Audio
• ColorRIX VGA Paint Image

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Softstar RIX OPL Music Format Audio

The RIX file is an Softstar RIX OPL Music Format Audio.

Category: Audio files

Application: AdPlug

Program name: -

Mime-type: application/octet-stream

Magic bytes (HEX): -

Magic string (ASCII): -

Aliases:

-

Related extensions:

.jbm JBM Adlib Music Data

.ha2 Herbulot AdLib System v2 Audio

.amd AMUSIC Adlib Tracker Music

.adl Westwood ADL Format Audio

Links:

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ColorRIX VGA Paint Image

The RIX file is a ColorRIX VGA Paint Image. ColorRIX is an outdated graphics editor for VGA and SVGA cards, running under MS-DOS. This format lets/allows us to save uncompressed images in 640x480 resolution, 256 colors (indexed). It's analogous to the Microsoft Windows Bitmap File format (BMP).

Category: Graphic files

Application: XnView

Program name: -

Mime-type: application/octet-stream

Magic bytes (HEX): 0x52, 0x49, 0x58, 0x33

Magic string (ASCII): "RIX3"

Aliases:

scg, sci, scu, scx

Related extensions:

.bmp Windows Bitmap Image

Links:

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The .rix file extension might not only belong to a single type of file, there could be various kinds that use it. Keep in mind that files with the .rix extension may contain various content types. If you have helpful information about this extension, write to us!

The .rix extension is frequently misused

People sometimes confuse the .rix filename extension. Based on the searches on our site, here are the most common misspellings from the past year.

Having trouble opening a .rix file?

If you want to open a .rix file on your computer, you just need to have the appropriate program installed. Incorrect settings for the .rix association can trigger this error.

Windows can't open this file:

File: example.rix

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