WXI Converter

Extract text from WiX include files (WXI)


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

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

Convert WXI to another file type

To convert WXI include files to another format, you need WiX Toolset or other Developer software.

Convert a file to WXI

To convert other file formats to the "XML Include Script" file type, you need software like WiX Toolset or a similar tool.


About WXI files

A .WXI file is a Windows Installer XML Include file. Developers use it to store shared variables, file paths, or reusable code fragments for the WiX Toolset to build Windows Installer packages. You can open and edit these files using IDEs like Microsoft Visual Studio with the WiX extension, or lightweight text editors such as Notepad++ and Visual Studio Code. The primary disadvantage of a .WXI file is its absolute dependency on the WiX build pipeline. It is not a standalone executable or script, and it only functions when called by a parent .WXS (WiX Source) file using specific XML directives. Users often struggle when standard editors strip out the necessary XML formatting or when attempting to execute the include file directly. Because you cannot convert a .WXI file directly into an .MSI installer, the best realistic conversion targets are standard text formats like .XML, .TXT, or .HTML for readability, documentation, or code sharing. Explain why this file format is difficult to open or convert. Emphasize that often only the original software can properly read or export the data. This file format is difficult to convert because it is just a fragment of a larger proprietary build process, meaning only the original compiler can properly read or export the final installer data.

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


FAQ

If you want to convert WXI file to JS, TS, PY, JAVA, CPP, C, CS, PHP, RB, GO, RS or SWIFT, you can use WiX Toolset or similar software from the "Developer XML Include Configuration" 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 WXI, try WiX Toolset or another comparable tool in the "Developer XML Include Configuration" category.



The WXI 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 WXI converter.