Details of the .shx file extension

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

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

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

ArcView Shape Index

.shx

Description:
SHX file is an ArcView Shape Index. ArcView is full-featured GIS software for visualizing, analyzing, creating, and managing data with a geographic component. The SHX file stores the index of the feature geometry (SHP).

SHX format description

Category: GIS files

Application: ESRI ArcGIS Desktop

Mime-type: application/octet-stream

Magic number: -

Magic string: -

Sample: -

SHX aliases:

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SHX related links:

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SHX related extensions:

.apr

ArcView Project

.agr

ESRI ArcGIS Ascii Grid

.stn

ArcView Geocoding Standardization

.avl

ArcView Legend Template

.avx

ArcView Extension

.shp

ArcView Shape File

.gen

ArcView Ungenerate File

.trp

Topocad Road Profile

.trl

Topocad Roadlines

.trv

Topocad Traverse Document

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

The .shx 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 .shx 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.shx

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 .shx 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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