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Details for file extension .SYM 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: SYM
Program and/or Extension Function [What's This?]		Company [What's This?]
C++ Precompiled Headers		Borland Software Corporation
Specific Notes [What's This?]
(None) Recommended: Find SYM 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 11788 last modified on 2005-03-28 and created on 2003-01-14.

Extension: SYM
Program and/or Extension Function [What's This?]		Company [What's This?]
Harvard Graphics Ver 2.x Graphic Symbol		Harvard Graphics
Specific Notes [What's This?]
Harvard Graphics was taken over by Serif. Recommended: Find SYM errors now.
MIME Type [What's This?]	File Classification [What's This?]	Associated Links [What's This?]
		Serif
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 11789 last modified on 2003-05-04 and created on 2003-01-14.

Extension: SYM
Program and/or Extension Function [What's This?]		Company [What's This?]
Lotus Freelance Symbol Library
Specific Notes [What's This?]
(None) Recommended: Find SYM 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?]
Note: This entry has not yet been verified by FILExt. It was submitted to the list and appeared to be accurate; however, no verification links have so far been found on the Internet. Please use this association data with that in mind.
This is record 11790 last modified on 2003-01-14 and created on 2003-01-14.

Extension: SYM
Program and/or Extension Function [What's This?]		Company [What's This?]
MicroImages Text Symbol		MicroImages, Inc.
Specific Notes [What's This?]
This file type is sometimes used by various MicroImages products. It is not common so you may not see it. Symbol saved as text, rather than in .RVC Project File Format. Recommended: Find SYM 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 14414 last modified on 2003-05-16 and created on 2003-05-16.

Extension: SYM
Program and/or Extension Function [What's This?]		Company [What's This?]
Microsoft Windows SDK Graphic Symbol
Specific Notes [What's This?]
(None) Recommended: Find SYM 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?]
Note: This entry has not yet been verified by FILExt. It was submitted to the list and appeared to be accurate; however, no verification links have so far been found on the Internet. Please use this association data with that in mind.
This is record 11791 last modified on 2003-01-14 and created on 2003-01-14.

Extension: SYM
Program and/or Extension Function [What's This?]		Company [What's This?]
P-CAD Component Symbols		Altium Limited
Specific Notes [What's This?]
(None) Recommended: Find SYM 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 11792 last modified on 2004-05-20 and created on 2003-01-14.

Extension: SYM
Program and/or Extension Function [What's This?]		Company [What's This?]
PCLTool PageTech Symbol Set File Format		Page Technology Marketing, Inc. (PageTech)
Specific Notes [What's This?]
A proprietary file used by PageTech's PTC32.DLL, FBM.exe and other programs that contains a character cell cross-reference table to replace one scalable typeface for another with the same characters mapped to different cell locations. .SYM files are delivered with PageTech programs that use its FastFont Typeface Manager, WinFMove or its main HP PCL conversion program (PTC32.DLL). .SYM files are also generated by WinFMove during the installation of all products in the PCLTool product line. Recommended: Find SYM 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 16938 last modified on 2004-06-03 and created on 2004-06-03.

Extension: SYM
Program and/or Extension Function [What's This?]		Company [What's This?]
Pro/ENGINEER		PTC
Specific Notes [What's This?]
Pro/ENGINEER is a 3D product design product, featuring productivity tools that promote best practices in design while ensuring compliance with your industry and company standards. Recommended: Find SYM errors now.
MIME Type [What's This?]	File Classification [What's This?]	Associated Links [What's This?]
		None
Identifying Characters [What's This?]
Hex: 23 55 47 43 3A 32 20 ASCII: #UGC:2
Program ID [What's This?]
(None or Unknown)
General Notes [What's This?]
(None)
This is record 14510 last modified on 2007-05-05 and created on 2003-05-25.

Extension: SYM
Program and/or Extension Function [What's This?]		Company [What's This?]
Symbol Table
Specific Notes [What's This?]
Compiler symbol table. Recommended: Find SYM 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?]
Various programs use this extension; too many to list individually. Take clues from the location of the file as a possible pointer to exactly which program is producing the file. The file's date and time can also help if you know which programs you were running when the file was written.
This is record 11793 last modified on 2003-01-14 and created on 2003-01-14.

Extension: sym
Program and/or Extension Function [What's This?]		Company [What's This?]
UNIX Modula-2 Compiled Definition Module
Specific Notes [What's This?]
Typically lower case on *nix systems. Recommended: Find sym 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 26622 last modified on 2009-03-03 and created on 2009-03-03.

Extension: SYM
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 SYM 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 22836 last modified on 2006-10-13 and created on 2006-10-13.

System Info for File Extension .SYM

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.

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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