Extract text from WC files
To convert your WC file to another format, you need WhereIsIt? or other Database software.
To convert other file formats to the "Disk Catalog" file type, you need software like WhereIsIt? or a similar tool.
A .wc file is primarily a proprietary Disk Catalog created by WhereIsIt?, a Windows utility used to index offline media like CDs, DVDs, and hard drives. These files act as a searchable database, storing file paths, names, and metadata without requiring the original media to be inserted.
The real problem for users is that .wc files are binary and locked to the WhereIsIt? ecosystem. You cannot open them in standard text editors or Microsoft Excel directly. If you switch to macOS or Linux, or if the software becomes unsupported, your detailed file indexes become inaccessible. Users frequently need to convert these catalogs to CSV (Comma Separated Values) or XLSX to migrate their data to modern asset management systems or simply to view their file lists in a spreadsheet.
A secondary, less common use (approx. 0.9%) is as a Valve Hammer Configuration File for the Valve Hammer Editor. These files store compilation profiles and build settings for creating maps in the Source engine (used by games like Half-Life and Counter-Strike). While often text-based, they are specific to the editor's workflow.
Convert.Guru analyzes your WC file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
Users also converted PSI, CFM and PA files.
If you want to convert WC file to PSI, CFM, PA, INI, CFG, CONF, CONFIG, JSON, XML, YAML, YML or TOML, you can use WhereIsIt? or similar software from the "File and Disk Catalog" 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 WC, try WhereIsIt? or another comparable tool in the "File and Disk Catalog" 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 WC converter.