Windows 10: afp file extension?

Discus and support afp file extension? in Windows 10 Software and Apps to solve the problem; During cleaning up old personal documents I found documents with an afp file extension. These documents are 12 years old, made in the XP period. In... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Software and Apps' started by PiKo, Mar 14, 2017.

  1. PIKO
    PiKo Win User

    afp file extension?


    During cleaning up old personal documents I found documents with an afp file extension. These documents are 12 years old, made in the XP period. In view of the file names they should be normal text documents, made in Word or pdf. Maybe also in Outlook or Pagemaker.
    With my current programmes (Word, Acrobat, Notepad) I cannot open these or. when opening, text is without any sense.
    Searching on the Web, I find that it could be IBM related, but I never used an IBM programme. Further, converters are available, but I am not really interested in converting since the documents are outdated and not relevant any more.
    My big question is: anybody an idea what could have happened that standard documents now show an afp extension?

    :)
     
    PiKo, Mar 14, 2017
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  2. IECUSTOMIZER
    IECUSTOMIZER Win User

    Adobe Flash Player in Windows 10

    Hi,

    AFP has been pre-installed on Windows OS since Windows 7, but

    You should run Windows Updates regularly to keep the installed version of AFP up to date. There have been 3 critical security updates for IE involving AFP in late 2016.
     
    IECUSTOMIZER, Mar 14, 2017
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  3. RYAN MCCLELLAN
    Ryan McClellan Win User
    July 12th 2017 Windows Build kills explorer.exe

    So if I were to uninstall AFP that could make the issue disappear?
     
    Ryan McClellan, Mar 14, 2017
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  4. EDWIN
    Edwin New Member

    afp file extension?

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    Edwin, Mar 14, 2017
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  5. PLANKTON
    Plankton Win User
    From what I could find out.....an AFP file could be a few things. 1 is a file format developed by IBM. 2 that it's part of some encryption software. 3 it's some port of a printer protocol.

    As to how it happend....who knows. If they are not relevant and outdated as you say....just delete them and not worry about them anymore.
     
    Plankton, Apr 5, 2018
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