INF_LOC Converter

Extract text from Driver localization files (INF_LOC)


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

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

Convert INF_LOC to another file type

To convert INF_LOC Localization files to another format, you need Microsoft Windows or other System software.

Convert a file to INF_LOC

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


About INF_LOC files

The .INF_LOC file is a Windows driver localization file used by the Microsoft Windows operating system during hardware setup. It stores translated text strings for device drivers, allowing the system to display installation prompts and hardware information in the user's native language. These files are typically text-based and formatted using UTF-16 (LE) encoding. You can open them using advanced text editors like Notepad++ or standard Microsoft Notepad. Users rarely need to convert these files, but real-world challenges arise when trying to view them on non-Windows devices like macOS or Android. The UTF-16 (LE) encoding often causes text to render as garbled symbols or Chinese characters in basic mobile apps. Furthermore, these files have zero utility outside of the Windows driver ecosystem. Converting the file to standard .TXT (UTF-8), .XML, or .CSV formats is the best way to extract the readable strings without losing language-specific characters. Because .INF_LOC is a specialized system component, standard online document converters usually fail to process it. Just drag and drop your file to convert.guru to identify the format, view the internal text strings, and convert it when possible. Our analyzer can detect the underlying text encoding and extract the localization data seamlessly.

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

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FAQ

If you want to convert INF_LOC 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 "System Driver Text Localization" 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 INF_LOC, try Microsoft Windows or another comparable tool in the "System Driver Text Localization" category.



The INF_LOC 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 INF_LOC converter.