Extract text from UCM files
To convert your UCM file to another format, you need ICU or other Developer software.
To convert other file formats to the "Character Encoding Table" file type, you need software like ICU or a similar tool.
The .ucm extension primarily refers to a Unicode Character Map file, a plain text format used by ICU (International Components for Unicode) to define mapping tables between different character encodings and Unicode. These files are essential for developers and linguists working on software localization, but their raw text format can be difficult to manage without the right tools. Users often need to convert them into compiled CNV binary files for application use, or to XML and TXT for easier documentation and editing.
A secondary, completely different use case is the Crazy Machines Model file. These are proprietary 3D game assets used by the physics puzzle game Crazy Machines. Unlike the text-based ICU files, these are binary and locked to the game engine, making them impossible to convert to standard 3D formats like OBJ or FBX without specialized modding tools. Users frequently run into problems when trying to open these with standard image viewers or text editors, resulting in garbled data or error messages.
Convert.Guru analyzes your UCM file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
If you want to convert UCM file to SYS, DLL, EXE, DRV, VXD, 386, COM, BAT, CMD, SCR, PIF or LNK, you can use ICU or similar software from the "Unicode Character Mapping" 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 UCM, try ICU or another comparable tool in the "Unicode Character Mapping" 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 UCM converter.