AWM Converter

Extract text from AWM files


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

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

Convert AWM to another file type

To convert your AWM file to another format, you need Wallpaper Engine or other Developer software.

Convert a file to AWM

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


About AWM files

The .AWM file extension primarily identifies a Wallpaper Engine animated wallpaper project. These files are typically encoded in UTF-16 (LE) text format and serve as the "recipe" or configuration file for the popular Wallpaper Engine software on Steam. They define how background images, video assets, and particle effects interact to create a live desktop experience. Users often deal with issues because .AWM files are not standalone videos; you cannot double-click them to watch the animation in VLC or Windows Media Player. They are proprietary project files that strictly require the paid Wallpaper Engine application to render. Consequently, the most common conversion need is transforming this project data into a standard MP4 or WEBM video file for sharing on social media or mobile devices. Less commonly, an .AWM file may be a legacy project from Likno AllWebMenus, an older web development tool used to compile DHTML and JavaScript menus. In this context, the file contains the menu structure and style settings, which users typically need to convert (compile) into standard JS (JavaScript) and CSS files for website integration.

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

Users also converted AVIF and ARW files.


FAQ

If you want to convert AWM file to HTML, HTM, CSS, JS, PHP, ASP, ASPX, JSP, JSPX, PY, RB or PL, you can use Wallpaper Engine or similar software from the "Animated Wallpaper Project" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….

To convert RSS, CSS, CGI, SITEMAP, PL, WEBMANIFEST, JSON, JS, XML, HTML, ICO or HTM files to AWM, try Wallpaper Engine or another comparable tool in the "Animated Wallpaper Project" category.



The AWM 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 AWM converter.