XAP Converter

Extract text from XAP files


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

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

Convert XAP to another file type

To convert your XAP file to another format, you need Microsoft Silverlight or other Developer software.

Convert a file to XAP

To convert other file formats to the "Application Package" file type, you need software like Microsoft Silverlight or a similar tool.


About XAP files

A .XAP file is primarily a Silverlight Application Package, a legacy archive format used to distribute Rich Internet Applications (RIAs) and Windows Phone 7/8 apps. Because both platforms are now End-of-Life (EOL), these files are effectively "dead" data containers that modern browsers and smartphones cannot run. Internally, a .XAP file is simply a standard ZIP archive containing compiled code (App.dll), interface definitions (AppManifest.xaml), and media assets. Users typically need to "convert" these files not to run them, but to salvage embedded content - such as recovering photos from an old Windows Phone backup or analyzing legacy source code. While you cannot directly convert a compiled .XAP into a modern HTML5 app without rewriting the code, you can easily convert the container itself into a readable format to extract its resources.

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

Users also converted APPX, XAPK, APPXBUNDLE, ZIP, MSIXBUNDLE, PDF, APK, TXT, PNG, EXE, CDW, DACPAC and HTA files.


FAQ

If you want to convert XAP file to APPX, APK, EXE, MSI, APP, DMG, DEB, RPM, PKG, RUN, SH or BAT, you can use Microsoft Silverlight or similar software from the "Silverlight Application Package" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….

To convert JAR, APP, SCR, IPA, COM, AAB, PS1, DMG, VBS, EXE, XAPK or MSI files to XAP, try Microsoft Silverlight or another comparable tool in the "Silverlight Application Package" category.



The XAP 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 XAP converter.