WJF Converter

Extract text from WJF files


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

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

Convert WJF to another file type

To convert your WJF file to another format, you need WinZip or other Settings software.

Convert a file to WJF

To convert other file formats to the "Backup Job Script" file type, you need software like WinZip or a similar tool.


About WJF files

A .WJF file is primarily a WinZip Job File, an automation script created by WinZip to streamline repetitive compression tasks. Unlike the actual ZIP or ZIPX archives that hold your compressed data, the .WJF file contains only the instructions - such as source folder paths, compression levels, encryption methods, and scheduling details - saved in a structured XML format. This distinction causes significant friction; users often copy a 5KB .WJF file to a USB drive believing it contains gigabytes of backup data, only to find it is useless without the original source files on the original machine. Because it is a proprietary settings file, it generally requires WinZip to execute, but since the underlying structure is XML, you can convert or rename it to TXT or XML to audit the backup paths or schedule settings in any text editor. For the rare subset of users with WinJournal files (also .WJF), these are proprietary diary entries from discontinued software. To preserve this data, you must convert these files to PDF, RTF, or DOCX formats immediately, as the software is no longer supported on modern macOS versions.

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

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FAQ

If you want to convert WJF file to BAK, BACKUP, OLD, TMP, TEMP, ARC, ZIP, TAR, GZ, 7Z, RAR or ISO, you can use WinZip or similar software from the "Backup Automation Settings" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….

To convert SNAPSHOT, OLD, IMG, RESTORE, ISO, COPY, VMDK, TMP, VHD, BAK, ARCHIVE or BACKUP files to WJF, try WinZip or another comparable tool in the "Backup Automation Settings" category.



The WJF 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 WJF converter.