topic Re: Why is my shp file saved as a menc file? in ArcPad Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/arcpad-questions/why-is-my-shp-file-saved-as-a-menc-file-solved/m-p/548771#M3966 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Okay I've sorted the problem myself now. A .menc file is an encryted file created in windows mobile when you save a file to a flash device. To get around this I have disabled encrypting in ArcPAD.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 25 Mar 2013 14:24:33 GMT GeospatialTechnology 2013-03-25T14:24:33Z Why is my shp file saved as a menc file? - Solved https://community.esri.com/t5/arcpad-questions/why-is-my-shp-file-saved-as-a-menc-file-solved/m-p/548770#M3965 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>So i created a .shp file in arcpad. I now want to display the information I collected using this file in arcmap. I copied the file from my trimble to a usb pen. However when i copied the files over to my desktop they are displayed as a MENC file with a .menc extension. I can see the .shp files names but cant get thm to open in arcpad</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>For example:</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Survey_point.shp.c8e4f17f.menc</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Survey_point.shx.c8e4f17f.menc</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Survey_point.dbf.c8e4f17f.menc</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Survey_point.prj.c8e4f17f.menc</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Do i need to convert them or something?</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 25 Mar 2013 12:30:27 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcpad-questions/why-is-my-shp-file-saved-as-a-menc-file-solved/m-p/548770#M3965 GeospatialTechnology 2013-03-25T12:30:27Z Re: Why is my shp file saved as a menc file? https://community.esri.com/t5/arcpad-questions/why-is-my-shp-file-saved-as-a-menc-file-solved/m-p/548771#M3966 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Okay I've sorted the problem myself now. A .menc file is an encryted file created in windows mobile when you save a file to a flash device. To get around this I have disabled encrypting in ArcPAD.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 25 Mar 2013 14:24:33 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcpad-questions/why-is-my-shp-file-saved-as-a-menc-file-solved/m-p/548771#M3966 GeospatialTechnology 2013-03-25T14:24:33Z