SPARTAN file format description

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

1 filename extension(s) found in our database.

.spartan - Spartan Document

The SPARTAN document files are related to Spartan. The SPARTAN file is a Spartan Document. Spartan is a quantum chemical calculation program with nice visualization opportunities.

Application:

Spartan

Category:

Document files

Mime-type:

application/octet-stream

Magic:

- / -

Aliases:

spar

Spartan Document related extensions:

.semi: Spartan Semi-Empirical Data
.smol: Spartan Molecule Data
.spentry: Spartan Entry Database
.spinput: Spartan Spinput Format File
.spmm: Spartan Molecular Mechanics Data

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

Can't open a .spartan 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.spartan

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.

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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