Known DOX Files

Chief DOX Description

.DOX

Extension:	.dox
Type:	Visual Basic Binary UserDocument

DOX file is an ActiveX program file saved during the development of an ActiveX project in binary format. Associated with Microsoft Visual Basic, a development tools used to create apps.

Company:	Microsoft Corporation
Division:	Developer Files
Folder:	HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.dox

Software Programs That Open The Visual Basic Binary UserDocument:

Microsoft Visual Studio by Microsoft Corporation

Windows

Secondary DOX Associations

.DOX

Extension:	.dox
Type:	Doxygen Documentation File

DOX File is a documentation file created by Doxygen, a documentation system for C++, C, Java, Objective-C, Python and many other languages. DOX files contains text and Doxygen markup tags used for generating documents.

Company:	Open Source
Division:	Developer Files

Software Programs That Open Doxygen Documentation File Files:

Doxygen by Open Source

Compatible with:

Windows

Mac

Linux

.DOX

Extension:	.dox
Type:	MultiMate Document

DOX file is a document created by MultiMate, a word processing program for DOS that was popular in the 1980s. It contains document text and data. This format is obsolete.

Company:	Softword Systems
Division:	Text Files

Software Programs That Open MultiMate Document Files:

Corel WordPerfect X8 by Corel

Compatible with:

Windows

.DOX

Extension:	.dox
Type:	Actuate Basic Information Object

DOX file stores basic information object data associated with BIRT applications, such as BIRT Studio, BIRT iHUB etc. for Microsoft Windows and Apple Mac.

Company:	Actuate Corporation
Division:	Data Files

Software Programs That Open Actuate Basic Information Object Files:

BIRT by Open Source

Compatible with:

Windows

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DOX Troubleshooting

Issues Opening DOX Files

Microsoft Visual Studio is Not Installed

Double-clicking your DOX file prompts the message "- Can't Open DOX File". If this is the case, it's usually due to the fact that you do not have Microsoft Visual Studio for - installed on your computer. Your operating system cannot associate your DOX with Microsoft Visual Studio, so double-clicking the file won't work.

Tip: If you don't have Microsoft Visual Studio installed, and you know of another program to open your DOX file, you can try opening it by selecting from the programs listed under "Show Apps".

Microsoft Visual Studio Requires Update

In some cases, you might have a newer (or older) version of a Visual Basic Binary UserDocument file that is unsupported by your installed application version. You will need to download a newer version of Microsoft Visual Studio if you don't have the right version. The primary cause of this problem is that your Visual Basic Binary UserDocument file was created by a different (newer) version of Microsoft Visual Studio than what's installed.

Tip: Sometimes you can get a clue about the version of DOX file you have by right clicking on the file, then clicking on "Properties" (Windows) or "Get Info" (Mac OSX).

Ultimately, most of the difficulties opening DOX files are due to having the wrong version of Microsoft Visual Studio installed.

Other Causes of DOX File Opening Problems

Assuming you have the right Microsoft Visual Studio version installed, other problems can prevent you from opening DOX files. There can be external issues inside of - that are causing these errors when opening DOXs. These other problems include (listed in order from most to least common):

• DOX file type Registry entries are wrong
• Corruption of the DOX file description inside the Registry
• Partial installation of Microsoft Visual Studio that did not fully complete
• DOX file corruption
• The DOX is infected with a virus
• Hardware associated with DOX has outdated drivers
• Insufficient system resources to successfully open Visual Basic Binary UserDocument files