Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your WINDOWS file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.
Convert WINDOWS to another file type
To convert WINDOWS asset bundles to another format, you need Unity or other Game software.
Convert a file to WINDOWS
To convert other file formats to the "Asset Bundle or Executable" file type, you need software like Unity or a similar tool.
About WINDOWS files
The .windows file extension primarily identifies a Unity game asset bundle formatted as UnityFS, or an ELF (Executable and Linkable Format) binary used in Unix-like operating systems. Game developers use the Unity engine to compile levels, 3D models, textures, and audio into these bundles to stream content dynamically. Alternatively, some systems save Linux executables with a .windows extension for cross-platform workflows, relying on environments like Microsoft WSL to execute them. Opening these files is inherently restrictive. The Unity variation is a proprietary archive format. It requires the original game engine or community-built extractors like AssetStudio to unpack. The ELF variation is a compiled binary that cannot run natively on standard Windows desktops. Users frequently want to convert these files to extract usable media assets or to decompile code. The ideal solution for a Unity .windows file is extraction to standard formats. Extracting 3D models to FBX or OBJ, textures to PNG, and audio to WAV or MP3 makes the data accessible. However, extracting files strips away all programmatic logic, materials, and physics data tied to the game engine. This file format is difficult to open or convert because it acts as a closed, proprietary container or a compiled binary. Often, only the original software can properly read or export the data. Standard online converters fail because they lack the specific decompression algorithms required for UnityFS or ELF structures. However, just drag and drop your file to convert.guru to identify the format, inspect the file, and show text or internal content. If our analysis detects a supported underlying or embedded format, viewing or conversion may still be possible.
Convert.Guru analyzes your WINDOWS file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
If you want to convert WINDOWS file to LINUX, MAC, GPT or PDF, you can use Unity or similar software from the "Game Assets & Unix Executables" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert files to WINDOWS, try Unity or another comparable tool in the "Game Assets & Unix Executables" category.
The WINDOWS 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 WINDOWS converter.