PCP file format description
Many people share .pcp files without attaching instructions on how to use it. Yet it isn’t evident for everyone which program a .pcp file can be edited, converted or printed with. On this page, we try to provide assistance for handling .pcp files.
3 filename extension(s) found in our database.
.pcp - Autodesk AutoCAD Plotter Configuration
The PCP configuration files are related to Autodesk AutoCAD. PCP file is an Autodesk AutoCAD Plotter Configuration.
- Application:
- Autodesk AutoCAD
- Category:
- Configuration files
- Mime-type:
- application/octet-stream
- Magic:
- - / -
- Aliases:
- pc2, pc3
- Autodesk AutoCAD Plotter Configuration related extensions:
.pcp - Patch Creation Properties File
The PCP development files are related to Windows Installer Development Tools. PCP file is a Patch Creation Properties File. A Patch Creation Properties (PCP) file is a COM-structured storage file that has the same format as a Windows. Installer database, but a different schema.
- Application:
- Windows Installer Development Tools
- Category:
- Development files
- Mime-type:
- application/octet-stream
- Magic:
- - / -
- Aliases:
- -
- Patch Creation Properties File related extensions:
.pcp - SWAT Precipitation Input Data
The PCP data files are related to SWAT. PCP file is a SWAT Precipitation Input Data. SWAT (Soil Water Assessment Tool) is an hydrology model with the following components: Weather, surface runoff, return flow, percolation, evapotranspiration, transmission losses, pond and reservoir storage, crop growth and irrigation, groundwater flow, reach routing, nutrient and pesticide loading, water transfer.
- Application:
- SWAT
- Category:
- Data files
- Mime-type:
- application/octet-stream
- Magic:
- - / -
- Aliases:
- -
- SWAT Precipitation Input Data related extensions:
Naturally, other applications may also use the .pcp file extension. Even harmful programs can create .pcp files. Be especially cautious with .pcp files coming from an unknown source!
Can't open a .pcp 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.pcp
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 .pcp file extension is often given incorrectly!
According to the searches on our site, these misspellings were the most common in the past year:
cp, cpp, lcp, ocp, pc, pcl, pco, pdp, pfp, pp, ppc, psp, pvp, pxp
Is it possible that the filename extension is misspelled?
Similar file extensions in our database:
- .pco
- PC-Outline Outline
- .pxp
- Counter-Strike PODBot Experience Data
- .pxp
- IGOR Pro Packed Experiment File
- .pxp
- PhraseExpress Phrase Data
- .lcp
- FARSITE Landscape Data
- .pvp
- PuzzleView Puzzle
Operating systems
DataTypes.net currently supports the following operating systems:
Windows XP/Vista, Windows 7/8, Windows 10, CentOS, Debian GNU/Linux, Ubuntu Linux, FreeBSD, Mac OS X, iOS, Android
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