VOW file format description

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

2 filename extension(s) found in our database.

.vow - MicroFamilyWIN Temporary Data

The VOW data files are related to MicroFamilyWIN. VOW file is a MicroFamilyWIN Temporary Data. MicroFamilyWIN is a program designed for identifying flanking region similarities between different microsatellite sequences obtained from screening partial genomic libraries.

Application:

MicroFamilyWIN

Category:

Data files

Mime-type:

application/octet-stream

Magic:

- / -

Aliases:

MicroFamilyWIN Temporary Data related extensions:

.abb: AlphaBB Data
.cpu: SiSoftware Sandra File
.wop: Wonderland Adventures Editor Object
.apm: Alphacam Punch Param Macro
.ath: Alphacam Lathe Thread
.oeb: Outlook Express Backup Wizard Data

.vow - Acharya Vowel Data

The VOW data files are related to Acharya. VOW file is an Acharya Vowel Data. Acharya is a multilingual text editor for Indian languages. Acharya is part of the open source IMLI project.

Application:

Acharya

Category:

Data files

Mime-type:

application/octet-stream

Magic:

- / -

Aliases:

Acharya Vowel Data related extensions:

.cnj: Acharya Conjunct Data
.con: Acharya Consonant Data

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

Can't open a .vow 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.vow

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 .vow file extension is often given incorrectly!

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

bow, cow, dow, fow, ovw, ow, viw, vlw, vo, voa, vod, vos, vpw, vw

Is it possible that the filename extension is misspelled?

Similar file extensions in our database:

.vod: DivX Video On Demand Movie
.viw: Visual Database Tools View Script
.vos: Virtual Orchestra Studio Data
.vlw: Processing Font
.fow: Family Origins Database
.voa: VOACAP Area Calculation Data

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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