HXT Converter

Extract text from Help table of contents files (HXT)


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

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

Convert HXT to another file type

To convert HXT TOC files to another format, you need Microsoft Visual Studio or other Developer software.

Convert a file to HXT

To convert other file formats to the "Help System Configuration" file type, you need software like Microsoft Visual Studio or a similar tool.


About HXT files

The .HXT file is an XML-based Table of Contents used by the legacy Microsoft Help 2.x system. It was primarily used to structure documentation in Microsoft Visual Studio and the MSDN library from 2002 to 2008. This format has major disadvantages today. It is completely obsolete and deprecated. A standalone .HXT file does not contain the actual help articles; it only holds the hierarchical navigation tree like folders, topics, and node links. This means users expecting to read a manual will only see a list of chapter titles. Furthermore, compiling or editing these files requires outdated software or premium authoring tools like Help & Manual. Because it is formatted in XML, you can convert .HXT files to standard XML, TXT, or HTML to read the internal structure. Dedicated online converters often fail to process help project files correctly because they expect a self-contained document instead of a single navigation component. Just drag and drop your file to convert.guru to identify the format, view the raw XML code, and extract the text content safely.

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

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FAQ

If you want to convert HXT file to TXT, RTF, DOC, DOCX, ODT, PAGES, TEX, LATEX, MD, MARKDOWN, LOG or NFO, you can use Microsoft Visual Studio or similar software from the "Help Navigation Structure" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….

To convert PDF, DOC, ASC, TODO, NFO, MEMO, README, DOCX, JPG, TXT, NOTE or RTF files to HXT, try Microsoft Visual Studio or another comparable tool in the "Help Navigation Structure" category.



The HXT 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 HXT converter.