WCX Converter

Extract text from Total Commander plugins (WCX)


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

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

Convert WCX to another file type

To convert WCX plugins to another format, you need Total Commander or other Plugin software.

Convert a file to WCX

To convert other file formats to the "Archive Extensibility Plugin" file type, you need software like Total Commander or a similar tool.


About WCX files

A .WCX file is primarily a Total Commander Packer Plugin. Developed by Ghisler Software GmbH, these files are specialized dynamic-link libraries (essentially renamed DLL or EXE files) that add support for custom archive formats like 7Z, RAR, or ISO to the Total Commander file manager. A secondary use for the .WCX extension is the RemoteApp and Desktop Connections Configuration File created by Microsoft, which relies on XML formatting to store Remote Desktop workspace connection settings. Handling .WCX files presents significant challenges. Because the Total Commander plugin is compiled binary code, it requires a specific software environment to execute. It cannot be opened natively by web browsers or standard text editors without showing gibberish. The proprietary nature of these plugins means they are strictly locked to the Total Commander ecosystem. Furthermore, they pose security risks if downloaded from untrusted sources, as they are executable code. Standard online converters fail to process .WCX files because you cannot convert a compiled binary plugin into a standard document like PDF or DOCX. The best approach for the RemoteApp configuration version is to read it as a standard XML or TXT file. For the plugin version, conversion is practically impossible, but deep analysis is highly valuable. Our system can identify the internal signature of your .WCX file, whether it is an executable or an XML text document. We inspect the file and extract readable text strings or embedded configuration details.

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

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FAQ

If you want to convert WCX file to INI, CFG, CONF, CONFIG, JSON, XML, YAML, YML, TOML, ENV, PROPERTIES or RC, you can use Total Commander or similar software from the "Total Commander Packer Plugin" 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 WCX, try Total Commander or another comparable tool in the "Total Commander Packer Plugin" category.



The WCX 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 WCX converter.