How to open PHO file?
The software referred to as PHO Opener allows you to freely work with PHO files, including opening their contents. The first thing you should check is that you have the software to handle the PHO file installed. If the appropriate software is on your operating system, the file should open in the associated application when you click it. However, the problem is not always solved so quickly. Follow the steps of the instructions below to try to solve it.
Open PHO files in 9 steps
In case it is not possible to open the Gerber Photoplot Format file without additional steps, follow the steps below
- The user must verify that the operating system used by him is compatible with the file Gerber Photoplot Format. It may turn out that PHO files are not compatible with your system.
- No default Altium Designer application in the system or ViewMate will prevent you from opening PHO files. If there is no application that supports files with the extension PHO, it should be downloaded and installed on the system.
- Verify that the default application for handling PHO files is one of the following software tools: Altium Designer, ViewMate. If this is not the case, you should manually set the program, preferably by editing the properties of the Gerber Photoplot Format file and displaying the applications available on the system that allow you to open it. On the list, search for one of the Altium Designer, ViewMate applications and confirm.
Software programs that open PHO file extension
- Files ripped from external media or downloaded from the Internet may have a damaged structure. The Altium Designer, ViewMate programs will then not be able to open the Gerber Photoplot Format file. If possible, you can try to open the Gerber Photoplot Format file directly from its source.
- The antivirus program can identify the virus with which the Gerber Photoplot Format file has been infected and at the same time blocks the opening of the file. Such a situation should not be underestimated and such a file should be deleted or moved to quarantine, and the entire system should be scanned.
- Gerber Photoplot Format is a file that may have been generated by older program versions. In this case, you may find that the newer version of the application does not support this older format.
- An attempt to open the Gerber Photoplot Format file by an un-updated application may fail. Check the app for up-to-date information and, if necessary, install the latest version.
- Sometimes the user unknowingly tries to open a file with a shortcut that points to a place where the file is no longer there (it may have been previously deleted).
- The reason that prevents the opening of a given file may be administrative restrictions defined to protect the system by its administrator.
Useful tools
You've followed the instructions above and still haven't opened your PHO file? In this case, you can use the solutions offered by various websites. The list below presents web pages that specialize in opening PHO files.
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