.pip file extension
- .pip
- Microsoft Office Personalised menus and toolbars file.
Microsoft Office applications use a .pip file to store personalized menu and toolbar settings.
The location in which .pip files are stored varies according to version of Windows, and should be:
- For Windows Vista and later:
C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Office - For Windows XP:
C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\Microsoft\Office - For Windows 98 and ME:
C:\Windows\Applications Data\Microsoft\Office - For Windows 98 wth profiles enabled, and NT:
C:\Windows\Profiles\username\Application Data\Microsoft\Office
Files are named according to the Microsoft application which created them and the version of that application:
Program Offie XP Office 2000 Office 2003 Office 2007 Microsoft Access Access 10.pip Access.pip Access11.pip Microsoft Excel Excel10.pip Excel.pip Excel11.pip Microsoft FrontPage FP10.pip FP.pip FP11.pip Microsoft Outlook MSOut10.pip MSOut.pip MSOut11.pip Microsoft PowerPoint PowerP10.pip PowerPoi.pip PowerP11.pip Microsoft Publisher Publise.pip Publishe.pip Publish11.pip Microsoft Visual Basic Editor VB10.pip VB.pip VB11.pip Microsoft Word Word10.pip Word.pp Word11.pip Microsoft InfoPath Infopa12.pip Microsoft OneNote Onenot12.pip Microsoft Project MSProj12.pip Microsoft Publisher Publis12.pip Microsoft SharePoint Designer Ois12.pip Microsoft Visio Visio12.pip Later versions of Office might be different.
The file is a binary encoded file.
For more information see:
- http://support.microsoft.com/kb/193006 - Microsoft article on how to reset personal menus in Ofice XP and Office 2000.
- For Windows Vista and later:
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