4 file types use the .bar file extension.

What is a BAR file?

Data file used by Age of Empires III, a strategy game where players control units and build empires; may include game data, such as textures, music, fonts, text, and other game settings; serves as a file container that holds game data.

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Age of Mythology Data File

File used by Age of Mythology, a Microsoft real-time strategy (RTS) game where player control units in a mythological era; serves as a file container which includes game data, such as textures, music, maps, models, and other game settings.

BAR files are commonly used to create custom modifications for game content.

Programs that open or reference BAR files

Updated: March 4, 2010

Brew MP Binary Application Resource

A BAR file may also be a Binary Application Resource used by Brew Mobile Platform (MP) applications. It specifies the assets available to an executing module. BAR files are compiled from .CAR files and loaded when the application is run.

Programs that open or reference BAR files

Updated: March 22, 2022

XnViewMP Custom Toolbars

A BAR file contains data used to load customized XnViewMP toolbars. It defines the buttons and separators that each of XnViewMP's toolbars (Browser and View) contains. XnViewMP users can create and save custom toolbars using the program's Customize toolbar... feature.

XnViewMP is an image viewer that allows users to open, edit, and convert images saved in over 500 different formats. The program contains both a file browser and an image viewer, each of which uses its own toolbar.

Users can customize either of XnViewMP's toolbars by right-clicking in the toolbar and selecting Customize toolbar... . This allows the user to add additional toolbar buttons, remove buttons, move buttons within a toolbar, add separators, add custom toolbar commands, and more.

If a user wants to save their custom toolbar settings, so they can load their custom toolbars in another instance of XnViewMP, they can do so by selecting the Save... button that appears in the toolbar Settings window. This saves the user's toolbar settings as a BAR file.

The BAR file is a plain text file broken into two sections, one for XnViewMP's Browser toolbar and another for its View toolbar. Each section contains a list of the buttons and separators used in its associated toolbar.

To use a BAR file as an XnViewMP custom toolbar:

If necessary, you can also open a BAR file in Microsoft Notepad (Windows), Apple TextEdit (Mac), or any other text editor, to view the plain text data the file contains.

Programs that open BAR files

Updated: January 10, 2022