HTT Converter

Extract text from HTT files

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How to extract text from your HTT file

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

Convert HTT to another file type

To convert your HTT file to another format, you need Microsoft Windows or other Web software.

Convert a file to HTT

To convert other file formats to the "HTML Template" file type, you need software like Microsoft Windows or a similar tool.

About HTT files

The .HTT file extension represents a HyperText Template, a legacy file format used by Microsoft Windows (specifically 98, 2000, and XP) to customize the appearance of folders via the "Active Desktop" feature. Essentially, these are standard HTML files wrapped in a system-specific extension, often containing HTML, CSS, and scripts (VBScript or JScript) to dynamically display file lists.

Users typically encounter these files (Folder.htt) when recovering old data or unhiding system files. The main problem is that .HTT files are obsolete, pose a security risk (historically exploited by the Kak worm), and do not open automatically in modern browsers like Google Chrome or Microsoft Edge. Furthermore, because they contain scripts, antivirus software often flags them.

For a safe conversion workflow:

For Web/Viewing: Rename the extension from .HTT to HTML to open it in any browser.
For Editing/Inspection: Open directly in a code editor like Notepad++ or Visual Studio Code to view the source code without executing potentially harmful scripts.
For Archiving: Print the code view to PDF.

Note: A distinct, smaller percentage of .HTT files are Automotive Tuning Templates used by HP Tuners VCM Suite. These are proprietary configuration files for ECU tuning and cannot be converted to text or HTML; they must be opened with the VCM Editor software.

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

Users also converted EXE, TXT and HTML files.

FAQ

If you want to convert HTT file to SYS, DLL, EXE, DRV, VXD, 386, COM, BAT, CMD, SCR, PIF or LNK, you can use Microsoft Windows or similar software from the "Windows Folder View Template" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….

To convert MSI, EXE, REG, MST, LNK, CAB, CAT, DRV, INF, SYS, MSU or DLL files to HTT, try Microsoft Windows or another comparable tool in the "Windows Folder View Template" category.

The HTT 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 HTT converter.