.ASX file extension

How to open file with .ASX extension?

Klaus Mehler, 28.08.2014
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.ASX is the file extension developed by for the needs of their proprietary software. The files with the .ASX extension belong to the "Digital Video Files " category. The full name of this type of files is Microsoft Advanced Streaming Redirector. Files with the .ASX extension can be opened in several ways. The easiest is to install the manufacturer’s application. Fortunately, this is not the only method. There are many applications on the market that successfully open files with the .ASX extension. Below is a list of such applications. Among them are also applications fully free of charge for home use.

Microsoft Advanced Streaming Redirector

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WINDOWS
Adobe Dreamweaver Adobe Dreamweaver
MediaMonkey MediaMonkey
Microsoft Windows Media Player Microsoft Windows Media Player
Adobe Media Encoder Adobe Media Encoder
VLC media player VLC media player
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KMPlayer KMPlayer
MAC Windows Media Player OS X Windows Media Player OS X
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VUPlayer Playlist

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WINDOWS
VUPlayer VUPlayer

After downloading and installing the software in our system, files with the .ASX extension should be automatically associated with the new application. With this association, the file can be opened by double-clicking the mouse. If for some reason we still cannot open the file with the .ASX extension, we still have one method. It involves the attempt to open the file from the installed application. Choosing from the menu "FILE", we perform the command "Open" and the explorer window we select the file we are interested in, and then we confirm by pressing enter. This method is more time-consuming, but enables us to definitively state whether we use the correct application to open the files with the .ASX extension. If we are sure of it, we then use the extended reference menu (shift key and right mouse button) and by selecting "Open With", we select the appropriate application and we permanently connect it with a file with the extension we are interested in.