.ani file: how to open it on Windows

8 Windows apps register the .ani extension. Install one of them to open the file with a double-click.

About the format

Format

Windows animated cursor

MIME type

application/x-navi-animation

PRONOM identifier

fmt/386

Format data: freedesktop.org shared-mime-info and PRONOM (The National Archives, UK).

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  IrfanView

  Fast and compact image viewer and converter

  Free 4.76 2.9M ↓
• 
  XnView MP

  Professional Image Viewer & Photo Management

  Proprietary 1.12.2.0 436.9K ↓
• 
  Imagine

  Imagine Freeware Image & Animation Viewer for Windows

  Free 2.7.2 2.4K ↓ ★ 121
• G
  GIMP

  GIMP is an acronym for GNU Image Manipulation Program. It is a freely distributed program for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring.

  Open source 3.2.6.0
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  SageThumbs

  A powerful shell extension allowing to preview enormous amount of image formats directly in Windows Explorer.

  Open source 2.0.0.23 14.6K ↓
• 
  qView

  An image viewer designed with minimalism and usability in mind.

  Open source 7.1 ★ 3.7K
• X
  XnView

  Best Photo Viewer, Image Resizer & Batch Converter for Windows.

  Proprietary 2.52.7
• A
  Axialis CursorWorkshop

  Axialis CursorWorkshop is a professional cursor authoring tool which runs under Windows and lets you easily create hi-quality static & animated cursors for Windows applications & websites.

  Proprietary 6.33

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