Extract text from Compressed text files (TX_)
To convert TX_ Compressed files to another format, you need Microsoft Expand or other Compressed software.
To convert other file formats to the "Compressed Installation File" file type, you need software like Microsoft Expand or a similar tool.
The .TX_ file extension typically represents a compressed text file created by legacy and modern installation tools. Historically, developers used the Microsoft Compress utility to shrink TXT files - such as READMEs, wordlists, or End User License Agreements (EULAs) - to save space on physical media. Today, these files are still frequently found inside hardware driver packages, notably for Synaptics or ELAN touchpad drivers. In these cases, they store localized license agreements encoded in UTF-16 (LE) or packaged as a standard ZIP archive under the hood.
The main disadvantage of the .TX_ format is that it is not directly readable by standard text editors like Notepad or Microsoft Word. It is a compressed container, meaning users cannot view the plain text without first decompressing the file. This creates unnecessary friction for users who simply need to read a license agreement, extract a wordlist, or parse documentation. Furthermore, interacting with native Microsoft compressed files often requires using legacy command-line tools like expand.exe, which is intimidating and inefficient for average users.
To make the text usable, you should extract and convert .TX_ to universally supported formats like TXT, DOCX, or PDF. Converting to TXT restores the file to its original, readable state without losing any text data or encoding.
Because .TX_ files are compressed archives rather than plain text documents, typical online document converters fail to process them. They require specific decompression algorithms (such as MS-ZIP or LZX) to unpack the payload. Fortunately, convert.guru can help. Just drag and drop your .TX_ file to identify the format, view its internal structure, and extract or convert it to a standard format when supported.
Convert.Guru analyzes your TX_ file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
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If you want to convert TX_ file to ZIP, RAR, 7Z, TAR, GZ, BZ2, XZ, LZMA, CAB, ACE, ARJ or LHA, you can use Microsoft Expand or similar software from the "Compressed Text Storage" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert XXE, 7Z, Z, PAK, LHA, DEB, UUE, TAR, LZH, ZIP, PKG or RAR files to TX_, try Microsoft Expand or another comparable tool in the "Compressed Text Storage" category.
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 TX_ converter.