Extract text from AXE files
To convert your AXE file to another format, you need Microsoft AutoRoute or other GIS software.
To convert other file formats to the "Navigation Route File" file type, you need software like Microsoft AutoRoute or a similar tool.
The .axe file is a proprietary route container generated by Microsoft AutoRoute, the European counterpart to Microsoft Streets & Trips. These files utilize the Microsoft Compound binary format to store complex trip data, including waypoints, driving directions, pushpins, and calculated path geometries.
The primary difficulty for users today is that AutoRoute was discontinued in 2014, rendering .axe files obsolete. Because the format is a closed binary blob rather than open text (like XML or JSON), it cannot be opened by modern map applications like Google Maps or the default Windows Maps app. Users with archived travel plans often find themselves locked out of their data without the original, outdated software installed on a legacy operating system.
To salvage this data, conversion is essential.
Convert.Guru analyzes your AXE file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
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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 AXE converter.