The table below provides some useful information about the .tab extension. It answers questions such as:
- What is the .tab file?
- What program do I need to open a .tab file?
- Where can I find the specifications for .tab?
- How can I convert .tab file to another format?
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Details of extension .tab
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3 extension(s) and 0 alias(es) found in database.
| Extension: | .tab |
|---|---|
| Type: | ASCII Guitar Tab |
| Category: | Document |
| Mime type: | text/plain |
| Description: | |
| TAB file is an Guitar Tabulature. It is a plain text file used for writing guitar tabulatures. | |
| [Detailed description] [Sample not yet available] | |
| Open with: | Notepad |
| Program name: | notepad.exe |
| Related links: | |
| none | |
| Aliases: | |
| btab | |
| Related extensions: | |
| fb2, gdt, mbp, prc, tcr, tk3, txt | |
| Extension: | .tab |
|---|---|
| Type: | SQL Script Tables |
| Category: | Data |
| Mime type: | text/plain |
| Description: | |
| TAB file is an SQL Script with Tables. | |
| [Detailed description] [Sample not yet available] | |
| Open with: | Oracle |
| Program name: | none |
| Related links: | |
| none | |
| Aliases: | |
| none | |
| Related extensions: | |
| btr, cdx, con, db, db3, dbf, dbk, gdb, idx, ind, ldf, lis, mdf, mdx, mdx, mkd, ndx, rbf, sdf, spf, sql, sqr, sqs, str, tps, trg, trn, tuf | |
| Extension: | .tab |
|---|---|
| Type: | MapInfo Table Document |
| Category: | Document |
| Mime type: | application/octet-stream |
| Description: | |
| TAB file is a MapInfo Table Document. The MapInfo TAB format is a popular geospatial vector data format for geographic information systems software. It is developed and regulated by MapInfo as a proprietary format. | |
| [Detailed description] [Sample not yet available] | |
| Open with: | MapInfo Professional |
| Program name: | none |
| Related links: | |
| Cadcorp SIS Map Manager |
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| Aliases: | |
| none | |
| Related extensions: | |
| adp, aib, aih, atx, aux, bil, bip, blw, bsq, cpg, e00, fbn, ffs, fme, gml, ixc, ixs, jgw, mif, mxc, mxd, mxs, nit, pmf, sbn, sdts, tbl, tfw, wor | |
Windows cannot open .tab files on your system?
In many cases all you need to do is identify the appropriate program in the filesuffix.com database and install it. In other cases it may be due to registry damage. For this reason we always recommend that you run a scan for registry errors.


