How to Check PIF Files on a Computer
A PIF file creates a shortcut command on older Windows operating systems such as Windows 98 and 95. Newer Windows operating systems use the "LNK" file extension, but the older shortcuts had the "PIF" file extension. To check a PIF file, you first look at the file properties, then double-click the file to ensure that the proper program opens on the desktop.
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Instructions
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Right-click the shortcut on the Windows desktop. Click "Properties" to open the configuration window for the PIF file.
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View the executable file in the "Command Line" text box. The executable file displayed is the utility that runs when the user double-clicks the file.
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Close the properties window. Double-click the PIF file to execute the the utility. Whatever executable file shown in the properties window executes, and the utility connected with the executable file opens.
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