What file is TMP? What does the TMP file open with?

The first description is that the TMP file can be opened, but the file is open without any practical use. Why do you say that? This also starts with the function of the TMP file in the Windows system:

What file is TMP?

The name of TMP is the abbreviation of temporary, which is temporary meaning. The file at the end of the. tmp format is collectively known as a temporary file, which is a shared format. Many programs save their temporary files as TMP files, and it's often difficult to tell exactly what program the TMP file was created from. Sometimes, however, some traces can be found through the name structure of the TMP file, such as 2011_annual_report.tmp this TMP file should be an annual report of Word, Excel, or PPT documents.

Why should I create a TMP file?

The program creates this file primarily for backup purposes. For example, when you edit a document in Word, or if you are working with a dense list of Excel, every time the program creates a TMP file (it looks a bit like some sort of caching feature). But when you're done, the program automatically deletes the TMP file it created when you close the program. However, if your program shuts down unexpectedly (forced shutdown, power outage, accident, etc.), the TMP file will be saved.

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What does the TMP file open with?

In writing this document, Mu Dong also opened his computer's temp directory to see how many TMP files there are. As a result, I found a few:

So I try to use Notepad to open it (there is a technique, you can not double-click the open, you could open a notepad and then drag it to Notepad can be opened), the result is open in Notepad appeared garbled, the following figure:

Notepad opens TMP file with garbled

While Notepad opens the TMP file, it appears garbled, but at least it can display some content. I think there should be more content is limited by the Notepad function and did not show up, so I used the previous introduction, "How to open the php file" when the UE editor recommended to try:

The UE Editor opens the TMP file

As I expected, there was more content in the UE, see that row of numbers? It seems to be some kind of 16-in-system message. Notepad shows only the garbled text on the right of the image above.

Of course, these two examples above are not representative, because the TMP file is a temporary file of different content generated by a variety of programs. However, the method can be referred to, perhaps through your efforts to find a lot of unexpected "secret"

This article first introduced here, although there are flaws on the "TMP File Open" issue, it is at least "open" and the question of what "TMP is" should be made clear, and more in-depth information is believed to emerge from the discussion and summary.

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