BD3 file format description

Many people share .bd3 files without attaching instructions on how to use it. Yet it isn’t evident for everyone which program a .bd3 file can be edited, converted or printed with. On this page, we try to provide assistance for handling .bd3 files.

1 filename extension(s) found in our database.

.bd2 - Lacerte Tax Data

The BD2 data files are related to Lacerte Tax. The BD2 file is a Lacerte Tax Data. Lacerte Tax is a comprehensive product for experienced tax professionals preparing returns of medium complexity.

Application:

Lacerte Tax

Category:

Data files

Mime-type:

application/octet-stream

Magic:

- / -

Aliases:

bd3, pd6

Lacerte Tax Data related extensions:

.dcy: NETSCAN Decay Search Results
.eslog: EggShell Log
.appicon: VMware Workstation appData Icon
.hqp: CP/M Disk Utility Data
.map: Leadwerks Map Data
.lst: ALSee List Data

Naturally, other applications may also use the .bd3 file extension. Even harmful programs can create .bd3 files. Be especially cautious with .bd3 files coming from an unknown source!

Can't open a .bd3 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.bd3

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 .bd3 file extension is often given incorrectly!

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

b3, b3d, bc3, bd, bde, bdr, bdw, br3, bv3, d3, db3, gd3, hd3, vd3

Is it possible that the filename extension is misspelled?

Similar file extensions in our database:

.db3: Berkeley DB3 Database
.bdr: Microsoft Exchange Non-Delivery Report Body
.gd3: Gerber Drill Drawing Data
.db3: Dr. Brain Game Data
.bd: Ben Daglish Music
.br3: BMW iDrive Multimedia Data

Operating systems

DataTypes.net currently supports the following operating systems:

Windows XP/Vista, Windows 7/8/10, Windows 11, CentOS, Debian GNU/Linux, Ubuntu Linux, FreeBSD, macOS, Mac OS X, iOS, Android

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