PCH Converter

Extract text from precompiled header files (PCH)


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

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

Convert PCH to another file type

To convert PCH header files to another format, you need Visual C++ or other Developer software.

Convert a file to PCH

To convert other file formats to the "Compiler Cache File" file type, you need software like Visual C++ or a similar tool.


About PCH files

The .PCH file extension primarily represents a Precompiled Header File used by Microsoft Visual C++ to speed up build times. It is a proprietary binary cache. Another common use is for FEA simulation results (Punch Output) in MSC Nastran or drive partition data in DriveImage XML. Precompiled headers are extremely difficult to manage outside their native environment. They are compiler-dependent, meaning they break immediately if the compiler version changes. They also consume a massive amount of disk space. The MSC Nastran punch files are complex data sets requiring proprietary engineering software to read. You cannot traditionally convert a .PCH compiler file to anything else, as it is meant to be regenerated from scratch by the compiler. Nastran files are sometimes parsed into CSV or TXT for data extraction. Because these are strictly closed or complex binary formats, standard online converters fail to process them. If our analysis detects a supported underlying or embedded format, viewing or conversion may still be possible.

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

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FAQ

If you want to convert PCH file to JS, TS, PY, JAVA, CPP, C, CS, PHP, RB, GO, RS or SWIFT, you can use Visual C++ or similar software from the "C++ Precompiled Header Cache" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….

To convert SH, PY, KT, PS1, SWIFT, LUA, PL, JAVA, SCALA, JS, VBS or TS files to PCH, try Visual C++ or another comparable tool in the "C++ Precompiled Header Cache" category.



The PCH 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 PCH converter.