Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your SETTINGS file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.
Convert SETTINGS to another file type
To convert SETTINGS Settings files to another format, you need Microsoft Visual Studio or other Settings software.
Convert a file to SETTINGS
To convert other file formats to the "Configuration File" file type, you need software like Microsoft Visual Studio or a similar tool.
About SETTINGS files
A .settings file is a configuration file used by various software applications to store user preferences, project properties, and environment variables. These files are most commonly generated by developer tools like Microsoft Visual Studio and Apache NetBeans, as well as CAD programs like Nemetschek Allplan and games like Age of Civilizations II. The main disadvantage of the .settings format is its lack of standardization. While many use standard XML or JSON encoding, others contain serialized Java objects or proprietary binary code. Opening them in a basic text editor often results in an unformatted wall of text or unreadable garbled characters. Furthermore, these files are strictly tied to their parent software; modifying them without formatting carries a high risk of application corruption. Users typically need to convert .settings files to standard XML, JSON, or TXT formats to safely parse, read, or share the configuration data. Because this file format is highly fragmented, it is difficult to open or convert generically. Often, only the original software can properly read or export the data. If our analysis detects a supported underlying or embedded format, viewing or conversion may still be possible.
Convert.Guru analyzes your SETTINGS file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
If you want to convert SETTINGS file to INI, CFG, CONF, CONFIG, JSON, XML, YAML, YML, TOML, ENV, PROPERTIES or RC, you can use Microsoft Visual Studio or similar software from the "Application Configuration Storage" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert ZSHRC, CONF, RCFILE, GITCONFIG, RC, PLIST, BASHRC, CONFIG, PROFILE, INI, PREFS or CFG files to SETTINGS, try Microsoft Visual Studio or another comparable tool in the "Application Configuration Storage" category.
The SETTINGS 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 SETTINGS converter.