Details of the .prx file extension

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

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

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

Windows Media Encoder Settings

.prx

Description:
PRX file is a Windows Media Encoder Settings. Windows Media Encoder Profile data is stored on disk in the form of an XML file with the .prx file name extension.

PRX format description

Category: Configuration files

Application: Windows Media Encoder

Mime-type: application/octet-stream

Magic number: -

Magic string: -

Sample: -

PRX aliases:

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PRX related links:

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PRX related extensions:

.wmf

Windows Metafile

.wma

Windows Media Audio

.wmd

Windows Media Download Package

.wmdb

Windows Media Player Media Catalog

.wmv

Windows Media Video

.wmp

Windows Media HD Photo

.wmx

Windows Media Redirector

.wme

Windows Media Encoder Session Profile

.xma

Xbox 360 Native Audio

Lucene Positions File

.prx

Description:
PRX file is a Lucene Positions File. Apache Lucene is a free/open source information retrieval software library, originally created in Java by Doug Cutting. The PRX file stores position information about where a term occurs in the index.

PRX format description

Category: Data files

Application: Apache Lucene

Mime-type: application/octet-stream

Magic number: -

Magic string: -

Sample: -

PRX aliases:

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PRX related links:

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PRX related extensions:

.cfx

Lucene 2 Compound File

.cfs

Lucene Single Compound File

.fnm

Lucene Field Name Data

.frq

Lucene Frequencies File

.nrm

Lucene Norms File

.fdt

Lucene Field Data

.fdx

Lucene Field Index

.tis

Lucene Term Infos

.tii

Lucene Term Info Index

.tvx

Lucene Term Vector Index

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

The .prx 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 .prx 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.prx

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 .prx 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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