WINMD Converter

Extract text from Windows Runtime Metadata files (WINMD)


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

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

Convert WINMD to another file type

To convert WINMD metadata files to another format, you need Microsoft Visual Studio or other Developer software.

Convert a file to WINMD

To convert other file formats to the "Windows Runtime Component" file type, you need software like Microsoft Visual Studio or a similar tool.


About WINMD files

The .winmd file extension represents a Windows Runtime Metadata file. These files act as API contracts for Universal Windows Platform (UWP) apps and the .NET Framework. They store detailed structural definitions of classes, interfaces, and methods in the ECMA-335 Portable Executable format. Developers rely on tools like Microsoft Visual Studio to utilize these components. The primary disadvantage of the .winmd format is its heavily compiled, binary structure. It is completely unreadable in standard text editors and requires bulky developer environments to parse. Users encountering this file cannot simply open it to see what it does. When extraction is required, the best conversion targets are CS (C# source files), IL (Intermediate Language), or structured XML files, which make the internal API signatures human-readable. Because this is a highly specialized developer format, standard online converters fail to process it as they expect conventional documents. If our analysis detects a supported underlying or embedded format, viewing or conversion may still be possible.

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

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FAQ

If you want to convert WINMD file to JS, TS, PY, JAVA, CPP, C, CS, PHP, RB, GO, RS or SWIFT, you can use Microsoft Visual Studio or similar software from the "API Metadata Storage" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….

To convert SH, PY, KT, PS1, SWIFT, LUA, PL, JAVA, SCALA, JS, VBS or TS files to WINMD, try Microsoft Visual Studio or another comparable tool in the "API Metadata Storage" category.



The WINMD 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 WINMD converter.