Opening an XBK File

The XBK file type is primarily associated with SMART Board.

XBK	File extension: XBK
	File type:	image backup file

What is an XBK file?

XBK files mostly belong to SMART Board by SMART Technologies ULC. XBK file is a backup file generated by the Citrix virtualization application. Citrix virtualization application stores configuration settings for the virtual server host. User can restore settings using XBK file. XBK file only store the configuration settings for the virtual machines.

How to open XBK files

You need a suitable software like SMART Board to open an XBK file. Without proper software you will receive a Windows message "How do you want to open this file?" or "Windows cannot open this file" or a similar Mac/iPhone/Android alert. If you cannot open your XBK file correctly, try to right-click or long-press the file. Then click "Open with" and choose an application. You can also display a XBK file directly in the browser:. Just drag the file onto this browser window and drop it.

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XBK file format:

To find out what program is needed to open XBK files, you need to determine the file format. The initial characters of a file are called signature, sometimes also referred to as "magic bytes". The signature can be used to infer the file format. If the file extension does not match the file format, double-clicking on the file will cause an error upon opening. If there are problems opening a file, you must first determine the file format used. Our analysis of the XBK files produces the following result:

The XBK file extension is rather rarely used and covers different formats for different programs. The two most popular formats are as follows:

• 45% of all XBK files use ZIP compression, i.e. an XBK file contains several compressed files. Such a ZIP file contains 41 to 140 files with names like TZ.dat, platform_backup.tgz, server.AS-P.servertype, \Configuration\configuration.db, \UDT\ and \etc\. A little tip: If you rename the file extension to .zip and then double-click, you will see the included files and images. The file size is in the range of 7 MB to 45 MB. The following keywords are characteristic: backuptimePK, servernamePK and server.AS-P.servertypePK. Such XBK files store data about server and automation.
• 20% of all XBK files are based on the popular zlib file format. Zlib is a compressed archive file format that supports several different data compression algorithms. zlib is also a crucial component of many software platforms, including Linux, macOS, and iOS. They consist of unreadable binary data. The files are often between 830 bytes and 580 KB in size. These files are attributed to lesson.

All other XBK files (35%) have different formats, the following 5 formats can be found: SMART Board Slide Collection and backuptime. Files like these are sometimes linked to backup or completebkup. If you want to find out what your XBK file contains, drag and drop it onto this page.