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.ini

Low risk

Initialization File

A classic key-value configuration format. Still common in Windows apps and legacy Unix tools for profiles and settings.

MIME types

  • text/plain
  • application/textedit

Category

data

What opens this file

  • Notepad
  • VS Code
  • Notepad++

How to open by OS

Windows

  • Any text editor.

Mac

  • TextEdit, VS Code.

Linux

  • vim, nano.

Ios

  • Koder.

Android

  • Acode.

Safety notes

  • INI is inert, but some apps use INI-specified DLL or EXE paths directly — providing a foothold for DLL-style attacks when paths can be tampered with.

Common mistakes

  • No official spec — every parser handles escaping differently, especially for = and #.
  • UTF-8 with BOM trips older parsers that expect ASCII or plain UTF-8.

Related extensions

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