HCW file format description
Many people share .hcw files without attaching instructions on how to use it. Yet it isn’t evident for everyone which program a .hcw file can be edited, converted or printed with. On this page, we try to provide assistance for handling .hcw files.
1 filename extension(s) found in our database.
.hcw - HTML Help Workshop Conversion Wizard Macro
The HCW data files are related to HTML Help Workshop. The HCW file is a HTML Help Workshop Conversion Wizard Macro. Microsoft HTML Help Workshop is a component of the software development kit for HTML Help.
- Application:
- HTML Help Workshop
- Category:
- Data files
- Mime-type:
- application/octet-stream
- Magic:
- - / -
- Aliases:
- -
- HTML Help Workshop Conversion Wizard Macro related extensions:
-
- .gp4
- CCITT Group 4 Encoded Fax
- .pango
- ImageMagick Pango Data
- .dwexporter
- DameWare Exporter File
- .sas7smdb
- SAS v7 Sequential Access File Multi-dimensional Database
- .data_0
- Google Chrome Cache Data
- .installstate
- Microsoft .NET Installation State Data
Naturally, other applications may also use the .hcw file extension. Even harmful programs can create .hcw files. Be especially cautious with .hcw files coming from an unknown source!
Can't open a .hcw file?
When you double-click a file to open it, Windows examines the filename extension. If Windows recognizes the filename extension, it opens the file in the program that is associated with that filename extension. When Windows does not recognize a filename extension, you receive the following message:
Windows can't open this file:
example.hcw
To open this file, Windows needs to know what program you want to use to open it. Windows can go online to look it up automatically, or you can manually select one from a list of programs that are installed on your computer.
To avoid this error, you need to set the file association correctly.
- Open Control Panel > Control Panel Home > Default Programs > Set Associations.
- Select a file type in the list and click Change Program.
The .hcw file extension is often given incorrectly!
According to the searches on our site, these misspellings were the most common in the past year:
bcw, chw, cw, gcw, hc, hca, hcd, hce, hcs, hdw, hfw, hsw, hw, hxw, jcw
Is it possible that the filename extension is misspelled?
Similar file extensions in our database:
- .cw
- CardWorks Template
- .tcw
- TurboCAD Drawing
- .gcw
- Microsoft Mathematics Worksheet
- .mcw
- Microsoft Word for Macintosh Document
- .hcd
- ICM Hourly Climatic Database
- .hc
- High Resolution Continuous-tone TIFF Image
Operating systems
DataTypes.net currently supports the following operating systems:
Windows XP/Vista, Windows 7/8/10, Windows 11, CentOS, Debian GNU/Linux, Ubuntu Linux, FreeBSD, macOS, Mac OS X, iOS, Android
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