FHT file format description

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

1 filename extension(s) found in our database.

.fht - Family Historian Text Scheme Data

The FHT data files are related to Family Historian. The FHT file is a Family Historian Text Scheme Data. Family Historian is a genealogy software program designed and written by Calico Pie Limited.

Application:

Family Historian

Category:

Data files

Mime-type:

application/octet-stream

Magic:

- / -

Aliases:

Family Historian Text Scheme Data related extensions:

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

Can't open a .fht 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.fht

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 .fht file extension is often given incorrectly!

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

bht, cht, dht, fbt, fgt, fh, fhf, fhr, fmt, fnt, ft, fth, ftt, ght, hft

Is it possible that the filename extension is misspelled?

Similar file extensions in our database:

.fmt: Oracle Forms Form Module Text
.bht: BloodHound Template
.fnt: General CADD Font
.fmt: GAUSS Engine Matrix Data
.cht: ZSNES Game Cheat
.fmt: IAR System Formatting 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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