File Extension ARE

.ARE File

File extension: ARE
File type: Area
Do you have ARE - related issues?
First check your registry for hidden errors.


Notes about the ARE file extension:



Errors in your registry are one of the common causes for incorrect file associations on your windows system. It is highly recommended that you check your registry for file association errors (will also check for any other registry errors).

The ARE file type is primarily associated with 'BioWare Aurora Engine' by BioWare Corp.. In the BioWare Aurora engine, each Area in a module is described by three files. Each file has the same filename, but a different extension. The following are brief summaries of the area file types. ARE - static area information: area properties and tile layout. GIT - dynamic area information - game object instances and sound properties. GIC - area comments - contains toolset-only comments on game object instances. The file type are in BioWare's Generic File Format (GFF).

Detailed information for file extension ARE:


Primary association: BioWare Aurora Engine
Company: BioWare Corp.

Other applications associated with file type ARE:

  • Infinity Game Engine (Area Description) by BioWare Corp. This association is classified as Game. The identifying characters used for this association are - Hex: 41 52 45 41 56 31 2E 30 , ASCII: AREAV1.0
File Identifier - TrID
'Identifying characters' used on FILExt.com are
provided by Marco Pontello from his TrID database




Important: When encountering any file extension issues it is always recommended that you run a free scan for Windows registry errors.

Technical data

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System Info for File Extension .ARE

The following listing is compiled from the database produced by the 'Associate This!' program, selected data from the main FILExt database and information FILExt collected directly from user systems.

ProgramID: Arcaed.Document
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\KADATH~1\ARCANU~1\arcaed.exe /dde

ProgramID: AreaEditor.Document
EXEFile: E:\DOCUME~1\(.)\Desktop\smaug\AREAED~1.33\AREAED~1.EXE /dde

Program Name and MIME Type Info for File Extension .ARE

FILExt has been given permission to display a Program Name/MIME type database collected by Anthony R. Nemmer. Some of this data has already been included into the main FILExt database. Those entries which have not yet been incorporated are displayed below.
Program Name Mime Type Area File Format Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) Area Record Type File Digisonde ARTIST-4 File Found in Multiple GNU/Linux Packages Found in Some FreeBSD/NetBSD Packages Merc Area File

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