alphabetical list of extensions

File extension .TXT

File description

The files that comprise of the TXT file format are the ones that save the unformatted generic text contents. Such files can be easily created by nearly any word processing or text editing program, however, the TXT file extension does not support the functions and features like italics, bolding, graphics or tables.

The files that are created using the TXT format is structured as an array of text lines. This file format is accepted as a universal platform that supports nearly all the operating system, including the mobile based platforms as well.

Description of the problem

If you have on your computer a .TXT 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 .TXT extension. Directly on this website you can find a solution of the most common problem with the .TXT 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 .TXT 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.

Category

Text Files

Developer

N/A

Popularity

File name: Plain Text File

Programs that will open this file:

Windows

Ability Write

AbiWord

ENVI

Hamster Free eBook Converter

IBM Lotus Symphony

Microsoft Visual Studio

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Word Viewer

Notepad

Notepad++

Notepad2

Ocean Data View

PSPad

Simple Text Encoding Converter

StarOffice

Text editor

TextPad

Vim

Wireshark

WordPad

WordPerfect Office

Mac OS

Apple TextEdit

BBEdit

Microsoft Word

NeoOffice

Text editor

TextEdit

TextMate

Linux

gedit

KWord

KWrite

Leafpad

Text editor

Android

OfficeSuite Professional

OfficeSuite Viewer

Windows Phone

Bookviser

FB2 Reader

Freda Phone

Raccoon Reader

READU

Tiny eBook Reader

Remember!

The .TXT file extension can correspond to several not related file formats. If there is more than one file format with the .TXT extension, you will probably find most of them at this website. Remember that you need to download a program to support a particular file type. So first look through the entire contents of the website to select a program to support just the file you have.

Other possible reasons why your .TXT file does not want to open

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

2. Incorrect .TXT 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 .TXT 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.