While searching for an answer to the question - How to open the PIA file? - you probably found websites, which offer software that was able to open any file extension. Do not be fooled, there is no one program that will allow you to work with any file extension, including the PIA file. Each program contains a different type of data and you need specialized software to properly work with the PIA file. Here is a list of programs that are designed to work with the PIA file - remember, these applications are able to open at most a few file extensions, they are designed to work with a specific data type.
| File type | PanaVue ImageAssembler |
| Developer | PanaVue Inc. |
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If after installing the program from a list, you still cannot open a file with the PIA extension, the reason may be that the file is damaged. The solution may be to find a new copy of the PIA file you want to open
In this case, the easiest way is to use the tool built into the operating system for association of the PIA file with applications to support it. Double click on the file you cannot open - the operating system will display a list of programs that are likely to work with your PIA file. Choose one of them, or select the location on a disk where you installed one of the applications from our list. Windows should then open the PIA file using the program installed earlier.
Entries containing links of the PIA file extensions with applications is located in the HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT. If you do not know how to get to the Windows Registry, or how to make changes in it, ask a specialist for help. Lack of knowledge on the subject may cause irreversible changes on your computer.
There may be a situation when a computer virus passes itself off as the PIA file. In this case, such a file will definitely not be opened. Download a good antivirus program and scan the PIA file mentioned. If the antivirus application detects malicious data, it may signify that the PIA file is infected.
| PIB | Platform Independent Binary |
| PIGM | Indigo Renderer Compressed Material Format |
| PIDB | Parser Information Database |
| PI5 | Atari Degas Image Format |
| PICNC | Houdini 3D Compositing Image Format |
| PICON | Personal Icon |
| PIP | Microsoft Office Personalized Settings Format |
| PICT | Bitmap Graphics File Format |
| PIX | Standard Windows Bitmap Image (also OS/2) |
| PIF | Microsoft Windows Program Information Format |
