Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your C2V file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.
Convert C2V to another file type
To convert C2V License files to another format, you need Sentinel LDK or other Data software.
Convert a file to C2V
To convert other file formats to the "Software License Request" file type, you need software like Sentinel LDK or a similar tool.
About C2V files
A .c2v file most commonly acts as a Client-to-Vendor license request. It is generated by the Sentinel HASP License Manager, now managed by Thales. These XML-based files securely transmit the current state of a software license and the hardware fingerprint from a user's machine to the software vendor. The vendor then processes the .c2v file to issue a corresponding .V2C (Vendor-to-Client) file for license updates or renewals. Alternatively, in the machine learning space, a .c2v file acts as a model dictionary or embeddings dataset for code2vec, a neural network that predicts method names from raw code snippets. The main disadvantage of .c2v license files is their strict structural dependency and lack of human-readability. Modifying them manually in a standard text editor often breaks the cryptographic signature, rendering the entire license request invalid. They require specialized tools like the Sentinel Admin Control Center just to view properly. Since .c2v files contain structured XML or raw embeddings data, you may need to convert them for auditing, debugging, or archiving without risking file corruption. For auditing license requests, convert to XML or TXT. To store a secure hardcopy of the license state, convert to PDF. For code2vec data files, converting to JSON or CSV makes it far easier to inspect the model's vocabulary using standard data science tools.
Convert.Guru analyzes your C2V file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
If you want to convert C2V file to V2C, you can use Sentinel LDK or similar software from the "Software License Request" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert files to C2V, try Sentinel LDK or another comparable tool in the "Software License Request" category.
The C2V 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 C2V converter.