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Details for file extension .MAX are on this page. Because there is no central registry for file extensions and their associated programs there may be multiple entries on this page. And, because there are many (some say over a million) such associations not all may be listed here.

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Extension: MAX
Program and/or Extension Function [What's This?]		Company [What's This?]
PaperPort Scanned Image		ScanSoft Inc.
Specific Notes [What's This?]
File: PPPAGEVW.EXE. Also captured by Visioneer Page View. If you have been sent a picture from someone in this format, try using the viewer. If that doesn't work for you ask them to resend the picture in a format you can view. Recommended: Find MAX errors now.
MIME Type [What's This?]	File Classification [What's This?]	Associated Links [What's This?]
	Graphic	PaperPort Viewer
Identifying Characters [What's This?]
Hex: 56 69 47 ASCII: ViG
Program ID [What's This?]
Paper.Document
General Notes [What's This?]
(None)
This is record 7107 last modified on 2005-09-18 and created on 2003-01-14.

Extension: MAX
Program and/or Extension Function [What's This?]		Company [What's This?]
3D Studio Scene		Autodesk, Inc.
Specific Notes [What's This?]
(None) Recommended: Find MAX errors now.
MIME Type [What's This?]	File Classification [What's This?]	Associated Links [What's This?]
	CAD/CAM	None
Identifying Characters [What's This?]
(None or Unknown)
Program ID [What's This?]
(None or Unknown)
General Notes [What's This?]
(None)
This is record 7102 last modified on 2005-03-28 and created on 2003-01-14.

Extension: MAX
Program and/or Extension Function [What's This?]		Company [What's This?]
3ds Max Studio Max Scene		Autodesk, Inc.
Specific Notes [What's This?]
3ds max is a 3D modeling, animation, and rendering solution. Recommended: Find MAX errors now.
MIME Type [What's This?]	File Classification [What's This?]	Associated Links [What's This?]
		None
Identifying Characters [What's This?]
Hex: D0 CF 11 E0 A1 B1 1A E1 00
Program ID [What's This?]
(None or Unknown)
General Notes [What's This?]
(None)
This is record 7103 last modified on 2008-01-03 and created on 2003-01-14.

Extension: MAX
Program and/or Extension Function [What's This?]		Company [What's This?]
Creative Writer Document		Microsoft Corporation
Specific Notes [What's This?]
Creative Writer is a word-processing program created by Microsoft's Microsoft Kids subsidiary in 1993. Using this program, which is specifically targeted at children, it is possible to create documents such as letters, posters, flyers and stories complete with different fonts, Clip Art, Wordart and effects. The program is no longer being marketed. Recommended: Find MAX errors now.
MIME Type [What's This?]	File Classification [What's This?]	Associated Links [What's This?]
	Text	Archive.org Microsoft Kids Page Wikipedia Creative Writer Page
Identifying Characters [What's This?]
(None or Unknown)
Program ID [What's This?]
(None or Unknown)
General Notes [What's This?]
(None)
This is record 26333 last modified on 2009-01-12 and created on 2009-01-12.

Extension: MAX
Program and/or Extension Function [What's This?]		Company [What's This?]
CryptoMailer Encrypted File		TheGreenBow
Specific Notes [What's This?]
CryptoMailer is an encryption tool which lets you encapsulate files into a secure encrypted file with MAX file extension which can only be opened using CryptoMailer. This is especially useful for email attachments. Recommended: Find MAX errors now.
MIME Type [What's This?]	File Classification [What's This?]	Associated Links [What's This?]
	Archive	None
Identifying Characters [What's This?]
(None or Unknown)
Program ID [What's This?]
(None or Unknown)
General Notes [What's This?]
(None)
This is record 26866 last modified on 2009-06-09 and created on 2009-06-09.

Extension: MAX
Program and/or Extension Function [What's This?]		Company [What's This?]
Max Source Code
Specific Notes [What's This?]
(None) Recommended: Find MAX errors now.
MIME Type [What's This?]	File Classification [What's This?]	Associated Links [What's This?]
		None
Identifying Characters [What's This?]
(None or Unknown)
Program ID [What's This?]
(None or Unknown)
General Notes [What's This?]
(None)
This is record 7104 last modified on 2003-01-14 and created on 2003-01-14.

Extension: MAX
Program and/or Extension Function [What's This?]		Company [What's This?]
Maximizer Contact & E-business Program
Specific Notes [What's This?]
(None) Recommended: Find MAX errors now.
MIME Type [What's This?]	File Classification [What's This?]	Associated Links [What's This?]
		None
Identifying Characters [What's This?]
(None or Unknown)
Program ID [What's This?]
(None or Unknown)
General Notes [What's This?]
(None)
This is record 7105 last modified on 2003-01-14 and created on 2003-01-14.

Extension: MAX
Program and/or Extension Function [What's This?]		Company [What's This?]
OmniPage Image		Nuance Communications, Inc.
Specific Notes [What's This?]
(None) Recommended: Find MAX errors now.
MIME Type [What's This?]	File Classification [What's This?]	Associated Links [What's This?]
		None
Identifying Characters [What's This?]
(None or Unknown)
Program ID [What's This?]
OmniPage.maxImage
General Notes [What's This?]
(None)
This is record 15438 last modified on 2008-09-22 and created on 2003-11-25.

Extension: MAX
Program and/or Extension Function [What's This?]		Company [What's This?]
OrCAD Layout File		Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
Specific Notes [What's This?]
OrCAD personal productivity tools are designed to boost productivity for smaller design teams and individual printed circuit board (PCB) designers. The integrated PCB design suites include design capture, librarian tools, a PCB editor, an auto/interactive router, and optional analog and mixed-signal simulator. Recommended: Find MAX errors now.
MIME Type [What's This?]	File Classification [What's This?]	Associated Links [What's This?]
	CAD/CAM	None
Identifying Characters [What's This?]
(None or Unknown)
Program ID [What's This?]
(None or Unknown)
General Notes [What's This?]
(None)
This is record 7106 last modified on 2006-09-08 and created on 2003-01-14.

Extension: MAX
Program and/or Extension Function [What's This?]		Company [What's This?]
PS2 Powersave File
Specific Notes [What's This?]
(None) Recommended: Find MAX errors now.
MIME Type [What's This?]	File Classification [What's This?]	Associated Links [What's This?]
		None
Identifying Characters [What's This?]
Hex: 50 73 32 50 6F 77 65 72 53 61 76 65 ASCII: Ps2PowerSave
Program ID [What's This?]
(None or Unknown)
General Notes [What's This?]
(None)
This is record 19648 last modified on 2006-05-04 and created on 2006-05-04.

Extension: MAX
Program and/or Extension Function [What's This?]		Company [What's This?]
Unknown Apple II File (found on Golden Orchard Apple II CD Rom)
Specific Notes [What's This?]
(None) Recommended: Find MAX errors now.
MIME Type [What's This?]	File Classification [What's This?]	Associated Links [What's This?]
		None
Identifying Characters [What's This?]
(None or Unknown)
Program ID [What's This?]
(None or Unknown)
General Notes [What's This?]
(None)
This is record 21988 last modified on 2006-10-13 and created on 2006-10-13.

System Info for File Extension .MAX

FILExt has been given permission to display the file extension database produced by the Associate This! program. Some of that data has already been included into the main FILExt database; but, not all. Those entries which have not yet been incorporated are shown below in the hope that they will be of some use. Data collected by FILExt on registered file extensions from user systems is also in the display. Be aware this is raw data which may require further research on your part to fully understand. In particular, look at the Program ID. Often a company will put the program's name into the short ID that Windows uses to open registered file extensions. If that's not the case, look at the complete path to the EXE file. Often, programs will install themselves into directories that give either the program or company name. The program name itself may also be used as the EXE file name. These listings are particularly important since they represent listings that are in actual use by users who have sumbitted data to FILExt and therefore these listings can point you to the most likely candidate should there be multiple entries in the FILExt main database.

Program Name and MIME Type Info for File Extension .MAX

FILExt has been given permission to display a Program Name/MIME type database collected by Anthony R. Nemmer. Some of that data has already been included into the main FILExt database; but, not all. Those entries which have not yet been incorporated are shown below in the hope that they will be of some use. Be aware this is raw data which may require further research on your part to fully understand. MIME type listings often contain the name of a program or, at a minimum, a type of file as the leading text in the MIME type.

General Info

• If the extension you are looking for is of the form .??_ the file is likely a compressed file and part of an install routine. When the install program runs it will expand the file and replace the underscore with the proper letter for the file type.
• If the file is sent as an audio file with any three-character extension it may be a dictation file where the extension is the dictator's initials; playable by BCB Voice Systems software (see ??? extension). The file could likewise be a dictation file in TrueSpeech format. Use Windows Sound Recorder and/or Media Player to play these back.
• If the extension you are looking for has a number at the end or is only a number and there were no results consider entering the same extension format using zero or one as some programs produce numbered split files but when the split can be extensive (e.g., .000-.999) only the first entry is in the database.

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