UFA file format description

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

1 filename extension(s) found in our database.

.ufa - UFA Compressed Archive

The UFA archive files are related to UFA Archiver. UFA file is an UFA Compressed Archive. UFA is an experimental file archiver by Igor Pavlov. The UFA Archiver seems to be no longer supported.

Application:

UFA Archiver

Category:

Archive files

Mime-type:

application/octet-stream

Magic:

- / -

Aliases:

UFA Compressed Archive related extensions:

.lzw: LZW Compressed Amiga Archive
.pnh: Adobe Project ROME Plug-in Archive
.rkv: Rkive Compressed Archive
.fb: Slim! Compressed Archive
.sdn: Shareware Distributors Network
.qze: QZip Encrypted Archive

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

Can't open a .ufa 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.ufa

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 .ufa file extension is often given incorrectly!

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

ufx, uea, hfa, uga, uf, uda, kfa, uva, uca

Is it possible that the filename extension is misspelled?

Similar file extensions in our database:

.ufx: Ultimate 3D Effects Data
.uea: Protector Suite QL Encrypted Archive
.hfa: ERDAS Imagine Hierarchical File Architecture
.kfa: Serif DrawPlus Key-frame Animation
.uga: Ulead GIF Animator File
.uca: Unicode Collation Algorithm Data

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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