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What is a .dir file?

A .dir file is a Macromedia Director (version PC). This is a code, script or executable format. Confusingly, this extension has been used by 2 different formats over the years — they're all listed below.

This extension has been used by more than one format

2 different formats have claimed .dir over the years, so two files with the same extension aren't necessarily the same kind of thing.

How to open a .dir file

  • VS Code opens and highlights nearly every text-based code format.
  • Never run a script you didn't write or trust.

The registry records this extension against Macromedia Director, Macromedia Director, so software from that family is the most likely match.

How to convert a .dir file

  • Text-based code needs no conversion — just save with a different extension if a tool insists.

MIME type

When a .dir file travels over the web, servers label it with this MIME type:

application/x-director

What's a MIME type?

The technical record

For archivists, developers and the merely curious: these are the PRONOM registry entries for .dir.

Format nameVersionMIME typePUID
Macromedia DirectorPCapplication/x-directorx-fmt/341
Macromedia DirectorMacintoshapplication/x-directorfmt/317

Got another one?