File extension EFT
| File type | ChiWriter High Resolution Screen Font |
| Developer | Cay Horstmann |
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What is a EFT file?
EFT is an obsolete font format associated with ChiWriter, a niche word processor developed during second half of the 1980s.
EFT files contain high-resolution fonts and were mostly used by the scientific community. ChiWriter was discontinued in the late 1990s. No modern software solutions support this format.
Program(s) that can open the .EFT file
Windows
How to open EFT files
If you cannot open the EFT file on your computer - there may be several reasons. The first and most important reason (the most common) is the lack of a suitable software that supports EFT among those that are installed on your device.
A very simple way to solve this problem is to find and download the appropriate application. The first part of the task has already been done – the software supporting the EFT file can be found in the table. Now just download and install the appropriate application.
Possible problems with the EFT format files
The inability to open and operate the EFT file does not necessarily mean that you do not have an appropriate software installed on your computer. There may be other problems that also block our ability to operate the ChiWriter High Resolution Screen Font file. Below is a list of possible problems.
- Corruption of a EFT file which is being opened
- Incorrect links to the EFT file in registry entries.
- Accidental deletion of the description of the EFT from the Windows registry
- Incomplete installation of an application that supports the EFT format
- The EFT file which is being opened is infected with an undesirable malware.
- The computer does not have enough hardware resources to cope with the opening of the EFT file.
- Drivers of equipment used by the computer to open a EFT file are out of date.
If you are sure that all of these reasons do not exist in your case (or have already been eliminated), the EFT file should operate with your programs without any problem. If the problem with the EFT file has not been solved, it may be due to the fact that in this case there is also another rare problem with the EFT file. In this case, the only you can do is to ask for assistance of a professional staff.
Updated 08/18/2022
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How to associate the file with an installed software?
If you want to associate a file with a new program (e.g. my-file.EFT) you have two ways to do it. The first and the easiest one is to right-click on the selected EFT file. From the drop-down menu select "Choose default program", then click "Browse" and find the desired program. The whole operation must be confirmed by clicking OK. The second and more difficult to do is associate the EFT file extension to the corresponding software in the Windows Registry.
Is there one way to open unknown files?
Many files contain only simple text data. It is possible that while opening unknown files (e.g. EFT) with a simple text editor like Windows Notepad will allow us to see some of the data encoded in the file. This method allows you to preview the contents of many files, but probably not in such a structure as a program dedicated to support them.