MS Windows text file for driver and software installation
This article is about setup files. For help files, see Information Presentation Facility. For other uses, see INF (disambiguation).
Setup Information file
Filename extension
.inf
Internet media type
text/plain
Type of format
Configuration file
Precompiled Setup Information file
Filename extension
.pnf
Internet media type
application/octet-stream
Type of format
Configuration file
INF file (setup Information file) is INI plain-text file used by Microsoft Windows-based operating systems for the installation of software and drivers.[1] INF files are most commonly used for installing device drivers for hardware components.[2] Windows includes the IExpress tool for the creation of INF-based installations. INF files form part of the Windows Setup API and of its successor, Windows Installer.
The \windows\inf directory contains several such .inf files.[3]
Precompiled setup Information file (*.pnf) is a binary representation of an INF file compiled by the operating system.
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Norton, Peter; Mueller, John Paul (28 October 1997). Peter Norton's Complete Guide to Windows XP. Pearson Education (published 1997). ISBN 9780132715386. Retrieved 2014-08-31. Look in the \WINDOWS\INF directory, and you'll see a set of INF files.
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