What Are CFG and CONFIG Files?
Some configuration files areplain text files, but others might be stored in a format specific to the program.
A MAME configuration file is one example.
A Wesnoth Markup Language file uses this same file extension, but not as a configuration file.
For example, if the file is holding parameters forsetup.exe, the CONFIG file might be calledsetup.exe.config.
Within those programs, there might be specific tools used to actually edit the configuration file.
Jewel Quest instead uses the CFGE file extension for the same purpose of storing preferences.
It also might hold score information and other game-related data.
The Visual Web Developer program built-in to Visual Studio is used to open and edit this CONFIG file.
It’s vital that you only edit a configuration file if you know exactly what you’re doing.
MapForce might work as well.
A true format conversion is possible with afile conversion tool.
Still Can’t Open It?
Some files use an extension that closely resembles CFG, but is off by a letter or two.
This makes the file unusable in the CFG openers I mentioned above.
CGF is one example.
Reserved for Crytek geometry format files, they’re really only usable in the context of CRYENGINE.
SFG is another file extension that looks a lot like CFG.
The Synfig Studio animation software is responsible for working with those files.
Windows often utilizesINIfiles for storing preferences, while macOS uses PLIST files.
Some other extensions used for files that might store configuration information include CONF, JSON, and PROPERTIES.
