Extract text from WEBSITE files
To convert your WEBSITE file to another format, you need Internet Explorer or other Web software.
To convert other file formats to the "Browser Shortcut" file type, you need software like Internet Explorer or a similar tool.
A .WEBSITE file is a specialized Pinned Site Shortcut created by older versions of Microsoft Internet Explorer (specifically IE9 through IE11). Introduced to allow users to "pin" websites to the Windows 7+ taskbar, these files function like native applications with customized browser windows.
The Problem: Since Internet Explorer has been discontinued and replaced by Microsoft Edge, .WEBSITE files are effectively obsolete. Modern browsers like Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox do not natively support creating or properly handling these proprietary shortcuts. Users often encounter them in old backups and find they no longer open, or they trigger an "Open With" dialog because the operating system no longer associates them with a valid browser.
The Solution: The most practical way to handle these files is to convert them into standard URL internet shortcuts or extract the link to a text file. For archiving, saving the target page as a PDF or HTML file is recommended to ensure the content remains accessible even if the original website goes offline.
Convert.Guru analyzes your WEBSITE file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
Users also converted HTML, DOCX, PDF, JPG, XNK, EXE, APP, TEXT, APA, MARKDOWN and EPUB files.
If you want to convert WEBSITE file to PDF, APP, TEXT, APA, MARKDOWN, EPUB, HTML, HTM, CSS, JS, PHP or ASP, you can use Internet Explorer or similar software from the "Pinned Site Shortcut" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert RSS, CSS, CGI, SITEMAP, PL, WEBMANIFEST, JSON, JS, XML, HTML, ICO or HTM files to WEBSITE, try Internet Explorer or another comparable tool in the "Pinned Site Shortcut" 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 WEBSITE converter.