INF (Windows)

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File Format
Name INF (Windows)
Ontology
Extension(s) .inf, .pnf, .inf_loc
MIME Type(s) application/inf
PRONOM x-fmt/420, fmt/212

INF, or Windows Setup Information File, is a kind of INI file used by Microsoft Windows to control the installation of drivers and other software. Though it looks like a configuration file, it is used more like a setup script.

In addition to .inf format, there is a .pnf "Precompiled INF" format, and an .inf_loc format that reportedly contains cached information.

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A standard INF file has a "[Version]" section, containing an item named "Signature". But note that some INF-like formats, such as Autorun.inf, have a different structure.

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