Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your PIP file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.
Convert PIP to another file type
To convert PIP plugins to another format, you need Microsoft Office or other System software.
Convert a file to PIP
To convert other file formats to the "Installation and Settings File" file type, you need software like Microsoft Office or a similar tool.
About PIP files
The .pip file format primarily serves as a Microsoft Office Installation Package or a Personalized Settings File used by older versions of Microsoft Office. Alternatively, it functions as a Petrel Software Plug-in Package utilized by Schlumberger Petrel, a high-end 3D geological modeling software. Users typically encounter these files deep within system folders or when downloading specialized oil and gas software add-ons. The main disadvantage of the .pip format is its strictly proprietary nature. Microsoft Office settings files are usually binary configurations that are meaningless outside the Office environment. Petrel plug-ins require expensive enterprise software to run. Furthermore, the format is completely unsupported by web browsers and standard document viewers. Attempting to convert these files is a massive challenge because standard online converters fail to process them; they expect documents or media, not system data or encrypted archives. Your best option for conversion depends on the file's origin. Petrel .pip files are actually built on the ZIP format, meaning you can often extract their internal contents to standard archive formats. For Office configurations, you might only extract plain text strings or hexadecimal data. This file format is notoriously difficult to open or convert because only the original software can properly read or export the structured data. However, convert.guru acts as a pragmatic workaround for these file challenges. Just drag and drop your file to identify the format, view it, and convert it when possible. Even if standard conversion fails, our platform can inspect the internal file signatures. If our analysis detects a supported underlying or embedded format, like a standard ZIP structure, viewing or extracting the contents may still be possible.
Convert.Guru analyzes your PIP file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
If you want to convert PIP file to INI, CFG, CONF, CONFIG, JSON, XML, YAML, YML, TOML, ENV, PROPERTIES or RC, you can use Microsoft Office or similar software from the "System Configuration and Plugins" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert ZSHRC, CONF, RCFILE, GITCONFIG, RC, PLIST, BASHRC, CONFIG, PROFILE, INI, PREFS or CFG files to PIP, try Microsoft Office or another comparable tool in the "System Configuration and Plugins" category.
The PIP 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 PIP converter.