GP6 file format description

Many people share .gp6 files without attaching instructions on how to use it. Yet it isn’t evident for everyone which program a .gp6 file can be edited, converted or printed with. On this page, we try to provide assistance for handling .gp6 files.

1 filename extension(s) found in our database.

.gpx - Guitar Pro 6 Tabulature

The GPX document files are related to Guitar Pro. GPX file is a Guitar Pro 6 Tabulature. Guitar Pro is a multitrack editor of guitar and bass tablature and musical scores, possessing a built-in MIDI-editor, a plotter of chords, a player, a metronome and other tools for guitarists and musicians.

Application:

Guitar Pro

Category:

Document files

Mime-type:

application/octet-stream

Magic:

- / -

Aliases:

gp6

Guitar Pro 6 Tabulature related extensions:

.art6: Articulate Presenter Online Document
.sl1: Articulate Storyline Document
.xla: Microsoft Excel VBA Add-in
.xlam: Microsoft Excel 2007 VBA Add-in
.ls8: Lumion v8 Scene
.cida: xplorer2 Scrap Document

Naturally, other applications may also use the .gp6 file extension. Even harmful programs can create .gp6 files. Be especially cautious with .gp6 files coming from an unknown source!

Can't open a .gp6 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.gp6

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 .gp6 file extension is often given incorrectly!

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

fp6, tp6, gpu, gp, vp6, p6, gpt

Is it possible that the filename extension is misspelled?

Similar file extensions in our database:

.fp6: FileMaker Pro V6 Data
.vp6: TrueMotion VP6 Video
.gp: Gofer Project
.gp: Guitar Pro 7 Tabulature
.gpt: Gerber Pad Master Top Data
.gpu: GP2X Utility Executable

Operating systems

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

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