.config Extension - List of programs that can open .config files

In the following table, you can find a list of programs that can open files with .config extension.This list is created by collecting extension information reported by users through the 'send report' option of FileTypesMan utility.
The product name, description, and company name are taken from the version information of the .exe file.The 'Actions' list is taken from the context menu items added to Explorer by the specified program.The 'Popularity' column displays one of the following 4 values: Low, Medium, High, and Very High, which is determined according to the number of users that sent the specified record.

EXE Name	Product Name	Description	Company	Actions	Popularity
AcroRd32.exe	Adobe Reader	Adobe Reader 8.2	Adobe Systems Incorporated	Read	Low
bdsLauncher.exe		Embarcadero RAD Studio Launcher for Windows	Embarcadero Technologies, Inc.	Open	Low
Code.exe	Visual Studio Code	Visual Studio Code	Microsoft Corporation	open	Low
Code.exe	Code	Code	Microsoft Corporation	open	Low
devenv.exe		Microsoft Visual Studio 2015	Microsoft Corporation	Open	Medium
devenv.exe		Microsoft Visual Studio 2008	Microsoft Corporation	Open	Medium
devenv.exe		Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003	Microsoft Corporation	Open with Visual Studio .NET 2003	Low
devenv.exe		Microsoft Visual Studio 2010	Microsoft Corporation	Open	High
devenv.exe		Microsoft Visual Studio 2005	Microsoft Corporation	Open	Medium
devenv.exe		Microsoft Visual Studio 2013	Microsoft Corporation	Open	Medium
devenv.exe	Microsoft? Visual Studio? 2008	Microsoft Visual Studio 2008	Microsoft Corporation	Open	Low
devenv.exe		Microsoft Visual Studio 2012	Microsoft Corporation	Open	Low
Dreamweaver.exe	Adobe Dreamweaver CS5	Adobe Dreamweaver CS5	Adobe Systems, Inc.	Edit with Adobe Dreamweaver CS5	Medium
Dreamweaver.exe	Adobe Dreamweaver CS4	Adobe Dreamweaver CS4	Adobe Systems, Inc.	Edit with Adobe Dreamweaver CS4	Medium
Dreamweaver.exe	Adobe Dreamweaver CS5.5	Adobe Dreamweaver CS5.5	Adobe Systems, Inc.	Edit with Adobe Dreamweaver CS5.5	Low
Dreamweaver.exe	Adobe Dreamweaver CS3	Adobe Dreamweaver CS3	Adobe Systems, Inc.	Edit with Adobe Dreamweaver CS3	Low
Dreamweaver.exe	Adobe Dreamweaver CS6	Adobe Dreamweaver CS6	Adobe Systems, Inc.	Edit with Adobe Dreamweaver CS6	Low
EmEditor.exe	EmEditor	EmEditor	Emurasoft, Inc.	open	Low
FREEFILEVIEWER.exe	Free File Viewer	Free File Viewer	Bitberry Software	open	Low
FreeOpener.exe	Free Opener	Free Opener		open	Low
fvp.exe	File Viewer Plus	File Viewer Plus	Sharpened Productions	open	Low
IEXPLORE.EXE		Internet Explorer	Microsoft Corporation	open	Low
notepad++.exe	Notepad++	Notepad++ : a free (GNU) source code editor	Don HO don.h@free.fr	open	Low
NOTEPAD.EXE		Notepad	Microsoft Corporation	edit, open	Medium
NOTEPAD.EXE		Editor	Microsoft Corporation	edit, open	Low
Notepad2.exe		Notepad2		open	Low
Notepad3.exe	Notepad3	Notepad3		open	Low
powershell.exe		PowerShell.EXE	Microsoft Corporation	open	Low
sublime_text.exe	Sublime Text	Sublime Text	Sublime HQ Pty Ltd	open	Low
Uedit32.exe	UltraEdit	UltraEdit Professional Text/Hex Editor	IDM Computer Solutions, Inc.	edit, open, print	Low
vbexpress.exe		Microsoft Visual Basic 2010 Express	Microsoft Corporation	Open	Low
vbexpress.exe		Microsoft Visual Basic 2008 Express Edition	Microsoft Corporation	Open	Medium
VCExpress.exe		Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Express	Microsoft Corporation	Open	Medium
VCExpress.exe		Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Express Edition	Microsoft Corporation	Open	Low
VPDExpress.exe		Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Express for Windows Phone	Microsoft Corporation	Open	Low
vsta.exe		Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Tools for Applications	Microsoft Corporation	Open	Medium
vsta.exe	Microsoft? Visual Studio? 2005	Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Tools for Applications	Microsoft Corporation	Open	Low
vsta.exe	MicrosoftR Visual StudioR 2008	Microsoft Visual Studio Tools for Applications 2.0	Microsoft Corporation	Open	Low
vsta.exe		Microsoft Visual Studio Tools for Applications 2.0	Microsoft Corporation	Open	Low
VWDExpress.exe		Visual Web Developer 2008 Express Edition	Microsoft Corporation	Open	Low
VWDExpress.exe		Microsoft Visual Web Developer 2010 Express	Microsoft Corporation	Open	Low
VWDExpress.exe	Microsoft? Visual Studio? 2013	Microsoft Visual Studio Express 2013 for Web	Microsoft Corporation	Open	Low
WDExpress.exe				Open	Low
WDExpress.exe		Microsoft Visual Studio Express 2013 for Windows Desktop	Microsoft Corporation	Open	Low
WORDPAD.EXE		Windows Wordpad Application	Microsoft Corporation	open	Low

In the following table, you can find a list of file types information that is associated with .config extension.

Type Name	Description	Perceived Type	ContentType	DLL/EXE File	DLL/EXE Details	Popularity
	Configuration Source File		application/xml			Low
	Visual Studio Code					Low
.config_auto_file						Low
BDS.config	Embarcadero RAD Studio Config File					Low
BDS.ConfigFile	Embarcadero RAD Studio Config File	text	application/xml			Low
configfile		text				Very High
configfile	Web Configuration file			system.dll	System.dll, Microsoft Corporation	Medium
config_auto_file	XML Configuration File		application/xml	Microsoft.XmlEditorNeutralUI.dll	Microsoft.XmlEditorNeutralUI.dll, Microsoft Corporation	Low
config_auto_file						High
config_auto_file	notepad					Low
FreeFileViewer.CONFIG	CONFIG File			FREEFILEVIEWER.exe	Free File Viewer, Bitberry Software	Low
FreeOpener	Free Opener association			free_opener_128.ico		Low
VBExpress.config.10.0	XML Configuration File		application/xml	Microsoft.XmlEditorUI.dll	Microsoft.XmlEditorUI.dll, Microsoft Corporation	Medium
VBExpress.config.9.0	XML Configuration File		application/xml	Microsoft.XmlEditorUI.dll	Xml Editor Resources, Microsoft Corporation	Medium
VCExpress.config.10.0	XML Configuration File		application/xml	Microsoft.XmlEditorUI.dll	Microsoft.XmlEditorUI.dll, Microsoft Corporation	Medium
VCExpress.config.10.0						Low
VCExpress.config.9.0	XML Configuration File		application/xml	Microsoft.XmlEditorUI.dll	Xml Editor Resources, Microsoft Corporation	Low
VisualStudio.config.10.0						Low
VisualStudio.config.10.0	XML Configuration File	text	application/xml	Microsoft.XmlEditorUI.dll	Microsoft.XmlEditorUI.dll, Microsoft Corporation	High
VisualStudio.config.10.0	Configuration File		application/xml	fvp.exe	File Viewer Plus, Sharpened Productions	Low
VisualStudio.config.11.0	XML Configuration File		application/xml	Microsoft.XmlEditorNeutralUI.dll	Microsoft.XmlEditorNeutralUI.dll, Microsoft Corporation	Low
VisualStudio.config.12.0	XML Configuration File		application/xml	Microsoft.XmlEditorNeutralUI.dll	Microsoft.XmlEditorNeutralUI.dll, Microsoft Corporation	Medium
VisualStudio.config.14.0	XML Configuration File		application/xml	Microsoft.XmlEditorNeutralUI.dll	Microsoft.XmlEditorNeutralUI.dll, Microsoft Corporation	Low
VisualStudio.config.14.0						Low
VisualStudio.config.14.0	Configuration File		application/xml	FVP.EXE	File Viewer Plus, Sharpened Productions	Low
VisualStudio.config.7.1	Web Configuration File			htmed.dll	Visual Basic HTML Editor DLL, Microsoft Corporation	Low
VisualStudio.config.8.0	XML Configuration File		application/xml	Microsoft.XmlEditorUI.dll	Xml Editor Resources, Microsoft Corporation	Medium
VisualStudio.config.8.0						Low
VisualStudio.config.9.0	XML Configuration File	text	application/xml	Microsoft.XmlEditorUI.dll	Xml Editor Resources, Microsoft Corporation	High
VPDExpress.config.10.0	XML Configuration File		application/xml	Microsoft.XmlEditorUI.dll	Microsoft.XmlEditorUI.dll, Microsoft Corporation	Low
VSTA.config.8.0	XML Configuration File		application/xml	Microsoft.XmlEditorUI.dll		Medium
VSTA.config.9.0	XML Configuration File		application/xml	Microsoft.XmlEditorUI.dll	Xml Editor Resources, Microsoft Corporation	Medium
VWDExpress.config.10.0	XML Configuration File		application/xml	Microsoft.XmlEditorUI.dll	Microsoft.XmlEditorUI.dll, Microsoft Corporation	Low
VWDExpress.config.12.0	XML Configuration File		application/xml			Low
VWDExpress.config.9.0						Low
VWDExpress.config.9.0	XML Configuration File		application/xml	Microsoft.XmlEditorUI.dll	Xml Editor Resources, Microsoft Corporation	Low
WDExpress.config.12.0	XML Configuration File		application/xml	Microsoft.XmlEditorNeutralUI.dll	Microsoft.XmlEditorNeutralUI.dll, Microsoft Corporation	Low

Registry keys related to this extension

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.config
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ 
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.config_auto_file
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\BDS.config
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\BDS.ConfigFile
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\configfile
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\config_auto_file
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\FreeFileViewer.CONFIG
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\FreeOpener
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VBExpress.config.10.0
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VBExpress.config.9.0
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VCExpress.config.10.0
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VCExpress.config.9.0
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VisualStudio.config.10.0
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VisualStudio.config.11.0
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VisualStudio.config.12.0
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VisualStudio.config.14.0
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VisualStudio.config.7.1
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VisualStudio.config.8.0
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VisualStudio.config.9.0
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VPDExpress.config.10.0
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VSTA.config.8.0
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VSTA.config.9.0
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VWDExpress.config.10.0
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VWDExpress.config.12.0
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VWDExpress.config.9.0
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\WDExpress.config.12.0

Links to other Web sites

• .config information on www.fileinfo.com
• .config information on filext.com
• .config information on file-extensions.org

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