CGFX file format description

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

1 filename extension(s) found in our database.

.cgfx - Nvidia CgFX Shader

The CGFX development files are related to Nvidia Cg Toolkit. The CGFX file is a Nvidia CgFX Shader. Nvidia CgFX is a versatile shader specification and interchange format. As a file format, it is identical to Microsoft's .fx Effect format for DirectX 9.

Application:

Nvidia Cg Toolkit

Category:

Development files

Mime-type:

application/octet-stream

Magic:

- / -

Aliases:

Nvidia CgFX Shader related extensions:

.bld: Xilinx ISE Build Data
.drc: Xilinx ISE Design Rule Check Data
.cvsrc: CVS Configuration Data
.uf: Crestron SIMPL Compile
.jpb: J Publish Manager Data
.ccs: Visual CCScript Script

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

Can't open a .cgfx 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.cgfx

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 .cgfx file extension is often given incorrectly!

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

cfx, cgf, cgx, gfx

Is it possible that the filename extension is misspelled?

Similar file extensions in our database:

.cfx: Lucene 2 Compound File
.cgx: Autodesk Land Desktop Label Style
.cgf: ProWorx NXT Codegen Batch
.cfx: Picasa Collage Data
.gfx: FactoryTalk View Display Data
.cgf: CryENGINE Geometry Format Data

Operating systems

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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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