Format
Microsoft Agent File
Summary
- Name
- Microsoft Agent File
- Identifiers
- PUID: fmt/1893
- Format type
- Video
- Description
- The Microsoft Agent File was used to store the sounds, text, and animations of Microsoft agents, animated characters which offered technical help to users. The most famous of these was Clippy the paperclip, who will be instantly recognised by those of a certain age. Microsoft OS came with a variety of agents preinstalled, and it was also possible to create them with Microsoft Agent Character Editor Version 1 or Version 2. Microsoft Agent was deprecated as of Windows 7.
- Note
- Specification: http://fileformats.lebeausoftware.org/
- File extensions
-
acs - Source
- New York Public Library / New York Public Library
- Developed by
- Microsoft Corporation
- Supported by
- Microsoft Corporation
Internal signatures
Microsoft Agent File
- Note
- Absolute from beginning of file, magic bytes: ëͫ
Byte sequences
- Min Frag Length
- Absolute from BOF
- Offset
- 0
- Max offset
- 0
- Byte Sequence
C3ABCDAB- Endianness
- None
Changelog
-
Added in V114
- Release date
- 22 August 2023
Microsoft Agent File: Signature researched and samples provided by New York Public Libraries.
Microsoft Agent File: Full entry added. Submitted by New York Public Libraries.