VMC files: what are they and how do I open them?
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.vmc file type #1: Microsoft Virtual PC settings
A vmc file extension is used for Microsoft Virtual PC settings files. The file contains complete settings for Microsoft Virtual machine such as processor settings, memory settings, graphic card settings, net connection, and USB settings. A vmc file is related to the VHD file, where virtual machine disk image is stored.
Further details:
File extension vmc is associated with the Microsoft Virtual PC application. Microsoft Virtual PC is recommended for creating virtual machines with Windows on one physical computer, however, it can also run virtual machines with other operating systems such as Linux, Solaris, OS/2, MS-DOS, etc.
A vmc file contains settings for a virtual machine such as processor settings, memory settings, graphic card settings, net connection, and USB settings. The VMC format is related to the VHD Virtual Hard Disk format, in which virtual machine data are stored.
The vmc file is in XML text file format and its content is viewable in a simple text editor for example Windows Notepad, Notepad++, TextEdit, or gedit.
Open file with:
Windows Virtual PC (Microsoft Virtual PC)
A application used to run virtual computers on one workstation
.vmc file type #2: Adobe Acrobat virtual memory
A vmc file extension is related to the Adobe Acrobat program. A vmc file contains virtual memory.
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The vmc file extension is used by the Adobe Acrobat, a PDF documents authoring tool for Microsoft Windows and Apple macOS operating systems, developed by Adobe.
The vmc file stores virtual memory.
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Adobe Acrobat
A dedicated software for handling PDF documents
Adobe Acrobat for Mac
Mac version of Adobe's PDF handling software
.vmc file type #3: Virtual memory configuration
A vmc file extension is associated with the MS-DOS operating system. A vmc file contains virtual memory configuration.
Further details:
The vmc file extension is related to the MS-DOS and DOS/4GW. The vmc file contains virtual memory configuration.
DOS/4GW is a 32-bit DOS extender that allows DOS programs to eliminate the 640 KB conventional memory limit by addressing up to 32 MB of extended memory on Intel 80386 and above machines.
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MS-DOS
Old operating system by Microsoft dominant in 1980s