VLCL Converter

Extract text from VMware localization files (VLCL)


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

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

Convert VLCL to another file type

To convert VLCL localization files to another format, you need VMware Workstation or other System software.

Convert a file to VLCL

To convert other file formats to the "Localization Data" file type, you need software like VMware Workstation or a similar tool.


About VLCL files

A .VLCL file is an internal VMware Localization File used to store language translations and region-specific strings. It is primarily managed by virtualization software like VMware Workstation. The major disadvantage of the .VLCL format is its highly proprietary nature. Because it is closed-source, it is not supported by standard text editors, web browsers, or translation management software. Users typically need to convert this file into XML, TXT, or CSV formats to audit or modify the translation strings. Standard online converters fail to process it because only the original VMware software knows how to parse the internal structure. However, this closed format is often just a container for standard text strings.

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


FAQ

If you want to convert VLCL file to TMP, TEMP, CACHE, LOG, BAK, OLD, NEW, PART, DOWNLOAD, CRDOWNLOAD, LOCK or PID, you can use VMware Workstation or similar software from the "Software Interface Localization" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….

To convert DEVICE, CACHE, SOCK, SYMLINK, PID, MOUNT, FIFO, LOG, PIPE, TMP, JUNCTION or TEMP files to VLCL, try VMware Workstation or another comparable tool in the "Software Interface Localization" category.



The VLCL 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 VLCL converter.