File Extension BKS

File type: Bookshelf

Notes about the BKS 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 BKS file type is primarily associated with 'BookManager Read' by IBM.

Detailed information for file extension BKS:

Primary association: BookManager Read
Company: IBM

Other applications associated with file type BKS:

  • IBM Softcopy Reader (Bookmanager Book File) by IBMA Java-based online documentation reader and organizer made up of two programs: the Book Reader and the Bookshelf Organizer. It is shipped free of charge on the IBM Collection Kits, and can be freely downloaded from IBM. The Softcopy Reader was introduced in 2000 to replace the IBM Library Reader. The identifying characters used for this association are - Hex: 42 4B 53 48 45 4C 46 3D , ASCII: BKSHELF=
  • Windows 2000 (Scheduled Backup Script) by Microsoft CorporationWhen you create a scheduled backup job in Windows 2000, a selection script (.BKS) file is created with a list of folders and files that are to be backed up and that are to be excluded from the backup job. This association is classified as Text.
  • Works (Spreadsheet Backup) by Microsoft CorporationProgram ID: MSWorks.Sheet.4 , MSWorks4Sheet
File Identifier - TrID
'Identifying characters' used on FILExt.com are
provided by Marco Pontello from his TrID database



Technical data

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System Info for File Extension .BKS

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: MSWorks4Sheet
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%r\Microsoft Works\WksSS.exe %1

ProgramID: MSWorks4Sheet
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Works\WksSS.exe %1

ProgramID: MSWorks.Sheet.4
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\MSWorks\msworks.exe %1

ProgramID: MSWorks4Sheet
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Office\Microsoft Works\WksSS.exe %1

ProgramID: MSWorks4Sheet
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\MICROS~3\wksss.exe

Program Name and MIME Type Info for File Extension .BKS

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 Young Adult Behavior Checklist (YABCL) Backup File IBM VM/ESA File

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