The .CGI extension is known for the files of the type, Common Gateway Interface Scripts. These are server side scripting used once widely over the internet. Their usage has been reduced a lot for the last few years, but they still enjoy to be one of the popular script types for the web designs.
The CGI scripts are used to provide and interface through which the computer programs can run and generate dynamic webpages to be served on the Client side. It is also supported by the HTTP Apache project and was widely adopted over the world when it was popular.
| File type | Common Gateway Interface Script Format |
| Developer | Lack of information |
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While searching for an answer to the question - How to open the CGI 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 CGI file. Each program contains a different type of data and you need specialized software to properly work with the CGI file. Here is a list of programs that are designed to work with the CGI file - remember, these applications are able to open at most a few file extensions, they are designed to work with a specific data type.
If after installing the program from a list, you still cannot open a file with the CGI extension, the reason may be that the file is damaged. The solution may be to find a new copy of the CGI 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 CGI 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 CGI 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 CGI file using the program installed earlier.
Entries containing links of the CGI 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 CGI file. In this case, such a file will definitely not be opened. Download a good antivirus program and scan the CGI file mentioned. If the antivirus application detects malicious data, it may signify that the CGI file is infected.
| CGF | Asm Objasm Format |
| CGM | Computer Graphics Metafile |
| CGA | Ventura Publisher CGA Display Font |
| CGFX | CgFX Shader Format |
| CG4 | CALS Group IV Bitmap Graphics |
| CGR | CATIA MultiCAx Plug-in Conversion Format |
| CGRP | Pro Tools Clip Group Format |
| CGVP | NVidia Cg Programming Language XML |
| CGO | Railroad Tycoon 3 Car Properties |
| CGT | Gold Parsing System Compiled Grammar Table |
