| File Type 1 |
Picture It! Image File (Most common) |
| File Format |
File |
| Common? |
No |
| File Description |
Layered bitmap image format saved by Microsoft Picture It! software, which is now part of the Microsoft Digital Image Suite; may also have been created by Microsoft PhotoDraw.
NOTE: Microsoft discontinued Digital Image Suite in 2006; many of the suite's features have been included in the Windows Vista operating system. |
| Program(s) that open mix files |
Windows: Microsoft Picture It!; Microsoft Digital Image Pro |
| File Type 2 |
PhotoDraw Image File |
| File Format |
File |
| Common? |
No |
| File Description |
Vector image format saved by Microsoft PhotoDraw, a drawing program developed by Microsoft; discontinued after version 2. |
| Program(s) that open mix files |
Windows: Microsoft PhotoDraw; Picture It! |
| File Type 3 |
Command & Conquer Data File |
| File Format |
Proprietary File |
| Common? |
No |
| File Description |
Game data file used by the Command & Conquer (C&C) real-time strategy games; may contain game scenarios, movies, music, and sounds; examples of MIX files installed with C&C games include "conquer.mix," "local.mix," "movies.mix," and "music.mix."
Games that use MIX data files include:
- Command and Conquer
- Command and Conquer Red Alert
- Command and Conquer Tiberian Sun
- Command and Conquer Red Alert 2
- Command and Conquer Renegade
Newer C&C games developed by Electronic Arts (and not Westwood Studios) store game data in .BIG files. |
| Program(s) that open mix files |
Windows: Westwood Studios Command & Conquer games |
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