MDOWN file extension

The table below provides useful information about the .mdown file extension. It answers questions such as:

• What is the .mdown file?
• What program do I need to open a .mdown file?
• How can the .mdown file be opened, edited or printed?
• How can I convert .mdown files to another format?
• Where can I find the specifications for .mdown?
• Which MIME-type is associated with the .mdown extension?

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0 extension(s) and 1 alias(es) found in database

Markdown Document

.markdown

Description:
MARKDOWN file is a Markdown Document. Markdown is a text-to-HTML conversion tool for web writers. Markdown allows you to write using an easy-to-read, easy-to-write plain text format, then convert it to structurally valid XHTML (or HTML).

MARKDOWN format description

Category: Development files

Application: Markdown

Mime-type: application/octet-stream

Magic number: -

Magic string: -

Sample: -

MARKDOWN aliases:

markdn, mdown

MARKDOWN related links:

-

MARKDOWN related extensions:

.htm

Hypertext Markup Language Document

.txt

Plain Text File

.utxt

Unicode Text File

Other types of files may also use the .mdown file extension.

The .mdown file extension is often given incorrectly!

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

Can't open a .mdown 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 cannot open this file:

example.mdown

To open this file, Windows needs to know what program you want to use to open it...

If you don't know how to set the .mdown file association, check the FAQ.

Can I change the extension of files?

Changing the filename extension of a file is not a good idea. When you change a file's extension, you change the way programs on your computer read the file. The problem is, changing the file extension does not change the file format.

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