Extract text from BROWSER files
To convert your BROWSER file to another format, you need Visual Studio or other Developer software.
To convert other file formats to the "Web Configuration File" file type, you need software like Visual Studio or a similar tool.
The .BROWSER file type is an ASP.NET Browser Definition File, a standard XML-based configuration used by the Microsoft .NET Framework to identify incoming web browser requests and determine their capabilities. These files act as a server-side dictionary, mapping specific User-Agent strings to browser features (e.g., JavaScript support, mobile rendering).
The primary problem for users is that while .BROWSER files are plain text, they carry a specialized extension that most operating systems do not associate with a default text editor. This often leaves users unable to simply double-click to view the contents. Furthermore, modern web development has largely moved toward client-side feature detection, making these files somewhat legacy artifacts that can be confusing to maintain. To view or edit these definitions without launching a heavy IDE like Visual Studio, users often convert them to XML or TXT. For documentation or archiving legacy server configurations, converting to PDF ensures the data remains readable without risk of accidental modification.
Convert.Guru analyzes your BROWSER file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
Users also converted ASHX, ASPX, ASA, PDF and NOTEPAD files.
If you want to convert BROWSER file to PDF, NOTEPAD, HTML, HTM, CSS, JS, PHP, ASP, ASPX, JSP, JSPX or PY, you can use Visual Studio or similar software from the "Browser Capability Definition" 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 BROWSER, try Visual Studio or another comparable tool in the "Browser Capability Definition" category.
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 BROWSER converter.