MNU Converter

Extract text from MNU files


Drop or upload your .MNU file
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How to extract text from your MNU file

  1. Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your MNU file.
  2. You’ll see a preview, if available.
  3. Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.

Convert MNU to another file type

To convert your MNU file to another format, you need LabVIEW or other Settings software.

  • MNU to INI
  • MNU to CFG
  • MNU to CONF
  • MNU to CONFIG
  • MNU to JSON
  • MNU to XML
  • MNU to YAML
  • MNU to YML
  • MNU to TOML
  • MNU to ENV
  • MNU to PROPERTIES
  • MNU to RC

Convert a file to MNU

To convert other file formats to the "Menu Configuration File" file type, you need software like LabVIEW or a similar tool.

  • ZSHRC to MNU
  • CONF to MNU
  • RCFILE to MNU
  • GITCONFIG to MNU
  • RC to MNU
  • PLIST to MNU
  • BASHRC to MNU
  • CONFIG to MNU
  • PROFILE to MNU
  • INI to MNU
  • PREFS to MNU
  • CFG to MNU

About MNU files

A .mnu file is a chameleon format used to define interface menus, but it behaves differently depending on its origin. In the realm of industrial automation, it is a LabVIEW Palette Menu used by National Instruments software to store palette configurations (20% of cases), typically in a binary or strict format that requires the IDE to modify. In computer-aided design, it is a legacy AutoCAD Menu Template - a plain text file used to define toolbars and dropdowns before CUIX became the standard in 2006. Gamers also encounter .mnu files as UI definitions in simulations like Assetto Corsa or Live for Speed. The main issue is ambiguity: users often try to open binary LabVIEW files in text editors (resulting in gibberish) or struggle to load legacy AutoCAD menus into modern versions like AutoCAD 2025. For AutoCAD files, the standard workflow is converting to CUIX using the CUI command to ensure compatibility. For game files, renaming to TXT usually allows for manual parameter editing. LabVIEW files generally must be edited within the software's "Edit Palette Views" tool.

Convert.Guru analyzes your MNU file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.

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The MNU Converter Story

The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our MNU converter.