Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your WED file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.
Convert WED to another file type
To convert WED projects to another format, you need Photo DVD Maker or other Data software.
Convert a file to WED
To convert other file formats to the "Project File or Document" file type, you need software like Photo DVD Maker or a similar tool.
About WED files
The .WED file extension primarily serves two very different purposes. Most commonly, it is an XML-based project file created by Photo DVD Maker to store slideshow layouts, transitions, and audio timings. Alternatively, it is a legacy word processing document or 'Wedding file' used by older versions of Corel WordPerfect for DOS. Users often need to convert .WED files because both formats present severe disadvantages. The Photo DVD Maker project is proprietary and completely useless without the original source images and audio files, which are not embedded within the file itself. Meanwhile, the legacy WordPerfect format is obsolete, meaning modern software like Microsoft Word often fails to open it natively without special legacy conversion filters. Neither format is supported by web browsers, making sharing impossible. If you have a WordPerfect .WED file, the best conversion targets are PDF for sharing or DOCX for modern editing. However, converting a Photo DVD Maker .WED file directly to a video format like MP4 using an online converter is fundamentally impossible because the file only contains text-based instructions, not the actual media. Standard online converters fail to process these project files because they lack access to your local hard drive paths. Because these are closed, legacy, or proprietary formats, they are notoriously difficult to handle. Often, only the original software can properly read or export the data. However, convert.guru is designed as a pragmatic workaround for these file challenges. Just drag and drop your file to identify the format, view it, and convert it when possible. Even if standard conversion fails, our analysis can inspect the file, show raw text or internal content, and help you salvage your data.
Convert.Guru analyzes your WED file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
If you want to convert WED file to EXE, ISO, BIN, CUE, PAK, WAD, PK3, PK4, BSP, MAP, SAV or DAT, you can use Photo DVD Maker or similar software from the "Slideshow Project or Document" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert MOD, BIN, CFG, SCX, DAT, MPQ, LOG, CUE, INI, EXE, SCM or ISO files to WED, try Photo DVD Maker or another comparable tool in the "Slideshow Project or Document" category.
The WED 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 WED converter.