.PIF File

The pif file extension was common file found in early versions of Windows operating system.

Short for Program Information file, these files holds information about how Windows should run a non-Windows application. For example, a *.pif file can contain instructions for executing a DOS application in the Windows environment. These instructions can include the amount of memory to use, the path to the executable file, and what type of window to use.

Introduced in 1985 in TopView text GUI for MS-DOS operating system developed by IBM and later used by Microsoft Windows 1.0 system and newer.

MIME types used for pif files:
application/x-msdownload
application/x-msdos-program

This pif file type entry was marked as obsolete and no longer supported file format.

This type of file is no longer actively used and is most likely obsolete. This is typically the case for system files in old operating systems, file types from long discontinued software, or previous versions of certain file types (like documents, projects etc.) that were replaced in higher versions of their original programs.

A pif file extension is related to the Microsoft Windows operating system. A pif file contains Program Information with instructions for executing DOS programs.

How to open:

These files are executables, opening them launches the program for which they were created.

How to convert:

It is highly unlikely that *.pif files can be converted to anything else.