If Windows is unable to open File Extension QIF your system may have registry related errors. QIF is a file extension related to Quicken Interchange Format files. You may ask what Quicken is? Quicken is a financial management program built and distributed by Intuit. QIF was upgraded to Open Financial Exchange (OFX) to eliminate the flaws encountered by QIF. A main drawback of the QIF file extension is the duplication of data, but this was removed through the upgrade.

This file is a specifically formatted American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII) text file. It is utilized to transfer data between different Quicken data files, from a financial institution's File Extension QIF which can be opened and edited using a simple text editor. If you ever encounter an error with opening this file this might be caused by faulty association of the file extension. You can scan your system using the Free Driver Detective to correct the problem.