ACU file format description

Many people share .acu files without attaching instructions on how to use it. Yet it isn’t evident for everyone which program a .acu file can be edited, converted or printed with. On this page, we try to provide assistance for handling .acu files.

1 filename extension(s) found in our database.

.acu - ACUCOBOL-GT Compiled Program

The ACU development files are related to ACUCOBOL-GT. ACU file is an ACUCOBOL-GT Compiled Program. ACUCOBOL-GT is a COBOL development system for extending and modernizing business-critical applications.

Application:

ACUCOBOL-GT

Category:

Development files

Mime-type:

application/octet-stream

Magic:

- / -

Aliases:

ACUCOBOL-GT Compiled Program related extensions:

.atc: ACUCOBOL-GT Thin Client Command File
.vix: ACUCOBOL-GT Index
.vlc: ACUCOBOL-GT License

Naturally, other applications may also use the .acu file extension. Even harmful programs can create .acu files. Be especially cautious with .acu files coming from an unknown source!

Can't open a .acu file?

When you double-click a file to open it, Windows examines the filename extension. If Windows recognizes the filename extension, it opens the file in the program that is associated with that filename extension. When Windows does not recognize a filename extension, you receive the following message:

Windows can't open this file:

example.acu

To open this file, Windows needs to know what program you want to use to open it. Windows can go online to look it up automatically, or you can manually select one from a list of programs that are installed on your computer.

To avoid this error, you need to set the file association correctly.

Open Control Panel > Control Panel Home > Default Programs > Set Associations.
Select a file type in the list and click Change Program.

The .acu file extension is often given incorrectly!

According to the searches on our site, these misspellings were the most common in the past year:

ac, ach, aci, ack, adu, afu, asu, au, auc, cau, cu, wcu, xcu

Is it possible that the filename extension is misspelled?

Similar file extensions in our database:

.aci: WebCGM ACI File
.auc: Microsoft Dynamics AX Application Unicode Object Cache
.ack: Adobe Flash Swifty Extension Data
.ac: GNU Autoconf Input File
.cau: Trespasser Game Audio
.ac: CaseWare Working Papers Client File

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