How to open MAT file extension?

If you come across some file extension for the first time, select a proper program to work with this file format.

MAT file extension

The files used by us on electronic devices have various file extensions thanks to which we know what data is contained by a given file. One of the file formats used on computers is MAT file extension. The full name of this file format is MATLAB MAT-File. The producer of this format is The MathWorks.

If you have a file with such file extension on your computer and you do not know how to start it, you are at the right website.

If you do not know what to do with MAT file, it is worth to click on it twice. Windows System will automatically find the programs which can open a file of a given format or producer. If even the operating system is not able to help, then the proper software used to open files with MAT file extension is not installed on the computer.

Thanks to the installation of a proper program you can not only view the content of such file, but also edit it and save it on the hard disk of your computer. Therefore, it is worth to think about downloading a free or paid application characterized with proper functionality. Below you can find a list of applications that are adequate for MAT files on various operating systems:

File type : MATLAB MAT-File

Developer/Producer - The MathWorks

File description - MATLAB MAT-File

Popularity - 4/5

Windows

- The MathWorks MATLAB

Mac OS

- The MathWorks MATLAB

File type : Vue Material File

Developer/Producer - E-on Software

File description - Vue Material File

Popularity - 3/5

Windows

- E-on Vue

Mac OS

- E-on Vue

File type : 3ds Max Materials File

Developer/Producer - Autodesk

File description - 3ds Max Materials File

Popularity - 3/5

Windows

- Autodesk 3ds Max 2014

File type : Microsoft Access Table Shortcut File

Developer/Producer - Microsoft

File description - Microsoft Access Table Shortcut File

Popularity - 2/5

Windows

- Microsoft Access 2013

File type : V-Ray Materials File

Developer/Producer - Chaos Group

File description - V-Ray Materials File

Popularity - 1/5

Windows

- Autodesk 3ds Max 2014 with Chaos Group V-Ray plugin
- Autodesk Maya 2014 with Chaos Group V-Ray plugin
- Caligari trueSpace7 with Chaos Group V-Ray plugin
- MAXON Cinema 4D with Chaos Group V-Ray plugin

Mac OS

- MAXON Cinema 4D with Chaos Group V-Ray plugin
- Autodesk Maya 2014 with Chaos Group V-Ray plugin

Useful advice

Sometimes it can be so that you have a proper program installed on your computer, but the system still cannot deal with it. It is worth to try changing the association in registry. Thanks to this, Windows will associate the file with proper application. Scanning the registry and searching for errors of such type ma solve many problems concerning improper launch of application.