WAH file format description

Many people share .wah files without attaching instructions on how to use it. Yet it isn’t evident for everyone which program a .wah file can be edited, converted or printed with. On this page, we try to provide assistance for handling .wah files.

1 filename extension(s) found in our database.

.wah - WAH-Encoded Bitmap

The WAH graphic files are related to GQT. WAH file is a WAH-Encoded Bitmap. The Word Aligned Hybrid (WAH) is a compression technique that operates on inverted indexes.

Application:

GQT

Category:

Graphic files

Mime-type:

application/octet-stream

Magic:

- / -

Aliases:

WAH-Encoded Bitmap related extensions:

.bim: GQT Variant Metadata
.gqt: GQT Index
.vid: GQT Variant Order Information

Naturally, other applications may also use the .wah file extension. Even harmful programs can create .wah files. Be especially cautious with .wah files coming from an unknown source!

Can't open a .wah 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.wah

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 .wah file extension is often given incorrectly!

According to the searches on our site, these misspellings were the most common in the past year:

aah, ah, awh, dah, sah, wa, wab, wag, waj, wam, wat, wh, wwh

Is it possible that the filename extension is misspelled?

Similar file extensions in our database:

.aah: Amazingly Abstracted HTML Document
.wat: Web Archive Transformation File
.wat: WebAssembly Textual Code
.dah: AutoPlay Media Studio Splash Image
.waj: WinAutomation Job
.wwh: WAsP Workspace

Operating systems

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Windows XP/Vista, Windows 7/8, Windows 10, CentOS, Debian GNU/Linux, Ubuntu Linux, FreeBSD, Mac OS X, iOS, Android

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