LIF file format description
Many people share .lif files without attaching instructions on how to use it. Yet it isn’t evident for everyone which program a .lif file can be edited, converted or printed with. On this page, we try to provide assistance for handling .lif files.
7 filename extension(s) found in our database.
.lif - Game of Life Data
The LIF game data files are related to Life32. The LIF file is a Game of Life Data File. The Game of Life is a cellular automaton devised by the British mathematician John Horton Conway in 1970.
- Application:
- Life32
- Category:
- Game Data files
- Mime-type:
- application/octet-stream
- Magic:
- - / -
- Aliases:
- l
- Game of Life Data related extensions:
.lif - Intuit TurboTax Information Archive
The LIF data files are related to Intuit TurboTax. The LIF file is an Intuit TurboTax Information Archive. TurboTax is a U.S. tax software package from Intuit.
- Application:
- Intuit TurboTax
- Category:
- Data files
- Mime-type:
- application/octet-stream
- Magic:
- - / -
- Aliases:
- -
- Intuit TurboTax Information Archive related extensions:
.lif - Leica Image File
The LIF graphic files are related to Leica Application Suite. The LIF file is a Leica Image File. The Leica Image File (LIF) format is used by Leica's LAS AF software which is shipped with all Leica laser scanning microscopes starting with May 2006. It consists of a single binary XML files that contains one or multiple image data objects.
- Application:
- Leica Application Suite
- Category:
- Graphic files
- Mime-type:
- application/octet-stream
- Magic:
- - / -
- Aliases:
- -
- Leica Image File related extensions:
.lif - Homeworld Texture
The LIF graphic files are related to Homeworld. The LIF file is a Homeworld Texture. Homeworld is a real-time strategy computer game released on September 28, 1999, developed by Relic Entertainment and published by Sierra Entertainment.
- Application:
- Homeworld
- Category:
- Graphic files
- Mime-type:
- application/octet-stream
- Magic:
- - / -
- Aliases:
- -
- Homeworld Texture related extensions:
.lif - HP-UX LIF File
The LIF development files are related to HP-UX. The LIF file is a HP-UX LIF File. HP-UX is Hewlett-Packard's proprietary implementation of the Unix operating system, based on UNIX System V (initially System III) and first released in 1984. LIF (Logical Interchange Format) is a Hewlett-Packard standard mass-storage format that can be used for interchange of ï¬les among various HP computer systems.
- Application:
- HP-UX
- Category:
- Development files
- Mime-type:
- application/octet-stream
- Magic:
- - / -
- Aliases:
- -
- HP-UX LIF File related extensions:
.lif - CA-Clipper Compressed Archive
The LIF archive files are related to CA-Clipper. The LIF file is a CA-Clipper Compressed Archivet. CA-Clipper is a complete application development system that can be customized to fit real-life operational requirements. The CA-Clipper seems to be no longer supported.
- Application:
- CA-Clipper
- Category:
- Archive files
- Mime-type:
- application/octet-stream
- Magic:
- - / -
- Aliases:
- -
- CA-Clipper Compressed Archive related extensions:
.lif - LEGO Digital Designer Assets Data
The LIF data files are related to LEGO Digital Designer. The LIF file is a LEGO Digital Designer Assets Data. LEGO Digital Designer is a 3D modeling tool that enables you to design and render your own Lego creations.
- Application:
- LEGO Digital Designer
- Category:
- Data files
- Mime-type:
- application/octet-stream
- Magic:
- - / -
- Aliases:
- -
- LEGO Digital Designer Assets Data related extensions:
Naturally, other applications may also use the .lif file extension. Even harmful programs can create .lif files. Be especially cautious with .lif files coming from an unknown source!
Can't open a .lif 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.lif
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 .lif file extension is often given incorrectly!
According to the searches on our site, these misspellings were the most common in the past year:
if, iif, ilf, kif, lf, lfi, li, lib, lic, lid, lig, lir, lit, liv, lkf
Is it possible that the filename extension is misspelled?
Similar file extensions in our database:
- .lib
- TINA Library
- .oif
- Origin Import Filter File
- .lf
- SketchUp License FIle
- .mif
- mAirList Inline File
- .lib
- Maple Repository Data File
- .pif
- Program Information File
Operating systems
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