How to open LYR file format? (ArcView Layer File)

Problems with opening LYR files occur very often among users. Unfortunately, not everyone is aware that the basic and usually the most common problem is the lack of an installed software to handle the LYR file. Its full name is ArcView Layer File and the company responsible for its development is ESRI. Your LYR file has probably an encoded information from the Misc Files category. If you want to view its contents, open, edit or convert the LYR file to another format, install one of the applications from the list, which is presented below on this page. Can’t you still open your LYR file? Please, visit file extension lyr where you will find more information.

Programs using this file extension

Windows
– ArcGIS Desktop