PRO files: what are they and how do I open them?
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.pro file type #1: Various profiles
Most .pro files you will encounter are some kind of profiles or saved configurations, or user accounts for certain software. Usually text files that can be manually edited.
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Various .pro files are used for user settings, or profiles in numerous utilities and software.
These are usually in unique, software specific formats and usable only in the original app.
Often text formats that can be opened or edited using standard text editor.
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Pro/Engineer (Creo Elements/Pro)
Set of 3D CAD/CAM/CAE design tools from PTC
.pro file type #2: Adobe Proto design
A pro file extension is associated with the Adobe Proto program for iOS nad Android.
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The pro file extension is related to the Adobe Proto, an application developed for Apple iOS and Google Android, which enables users to create interactive wireframes and website prototypes.
The pro file contains design created in Adobe Proto.
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Adobe Proto
Development app for tablets
.pro file type #3: APE Atari disk image
A pro file extension is associated with the APE, an emulator of ATARI computers. A pro file stores copy protected Atari disk.
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The pro file extension is also used by Ape - Atari emulator for a special proprietary disk image formatted used by APE and the ProSystem.
The pro file contains an image of a copy-protected Atari disk, useable only with APE emulator.
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Ape
A hardware emulator of old Atari
.pro file type #4: COREX prosodic annotation
A pro file extension is related to the COREX a corpus exploitation software. A pro file stores prosodic annotation data.
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The pro file extension is also used by COREX. a corpus exploitation software by means of which the Spoken Dutch Corpus (CGN) can be exploited. The user of the COREX program can listen to the speech files, view the multiple annotations and conduct searches in the corpus,
The pro file from Corex contains prosodic annotation, which is based on the orthographic transcription in the *.ort file.
The pro files are in ShortTextGrid format and can be produced, changed or viewed by means of the PRAAT software.
These files are typically located in /data/annot/text/pro1 and /data/annot/text/pro2 folders.
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COREX
A spoken Dutch corpus exploitation software
.pro file type #5: General project file
A pro file extension is often used for project files used by various applications.
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The pro file extension is traditionally used for project files in many programs from various branches.
Project files are generally saved as work in progress until they are finished and saved/exported to final format. These are often used in programs that deal with rather time consuming activities, such as writing rich documents, drawing CAD images etc.
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Terramodel
A software bundle for Surveyors and Civil Engineering
.pro file type #6: IDL programming language source code
A pro file extension is related to the IDL programming language source code files.
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The pro file extension is also used for source codes written in Interactive Data Language, a programming language used primarily for data analysis.
IDL is vectorized, numerical, and interactive, and is commonly used for interactive processing of large amounts of data (including image processing) in such areas of science, such as astronomy and medical imaging.
IDL was created by Visual Information Solution and is frequently used in their programs.
Note: There also exist a PV-Wave programming language which shares roots with IDL and both are closely related. PV-Wave language also uses file extension PRO for one of their source code files, so called procedures. Although these format are probably not compatible, they might share the same purpose.
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IDL
A scientific programming language
.pro file type #7: PATCHMASTER data
A file suffix pro is also related to the PATCHMASTER program. A pro file contains some kind of data.
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The pro file extension is associated with the PATCHMASTER, a multi-channel stimulation and acquisition software for Microsoft Windows operating system.
The pro file contains some kind of data used by PATCHMASTER.
We are sorry, there is currently no specific software link to open this kind of file.
.pro file type #8: PowerRender object
A pro file extension is related to the PowerRender, a 3D game rendering engine and used for its object files.
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The pro file extension was also by Power Renderer program for its object files.
Power Render was a 3D game and rendering engine designed for developers using Microsoft Visual C++ and DirectX 9. Its development officially ceased in 2010 and the program is no longer supported.
The pro file used by PowerRender contained objects.
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Power Render
An old 3D Game rendering engine
.pro file type #9: Prolog programming language source code
Files with pro file extension can be found also as source codes saved in Prolog programming language.
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The pro file extension is also used for source code files written in the Prolog programming language.
Prolog is a logic general purpose programming language, often associated with artificial intelligence and computational linguistics.
This type of .pro files contains source code written in Prolog.
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GNU Prolog
A free Prolog compiler
.pro file type #10: ProPresenter export data
A pro file extension is related to the ProPresenter, a church worship application. A pro file stores exported data.
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The pro file extension can also be associated with the ProPresenter, a church worship software, developed by Renewed Vision, Inc.
ProPresenter is a cross-platform lyric and media presentation package built from the ground up to help make powerful worship productions easy.
The pro file from ProPresenter contains video and lyrics that can be pre-sequenced to worship songs and other music.
Note: Chord Pro software by Mussoft and Creamware Pulsar soundcard also used *.pro files that were related to audio production.
However both programs are no longer available and not supported. These programs are not in any way related to ProPresenter program, just share the PRO file extension for their files.
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ProPresenter
A cross-platform lyric and media presentation software
.pro file type #11: Various games data
Files with pro file extension might be found as data files in many, mostly old computer games.
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The pro file extension is known to be used in several computer games for some of their resource files.
These include Sid Meier's SimGolf and games based on Bioware's proprietary Infinity game engine like Baldurs gate.
Data formats from these games both use file extension PRO, but that's where their similarity ends. Both are used for different purposes and not related.
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Baldur's Gate
Famous computer role-playing game from BioWare
Sid Meier's SimGolf
A strategic and building computer game