How to open ECW file?
A ECW Opener is a computer program or application that supports ECW files and can open their contents. The first thing you should do is double-click the ECW file icon you want to open. If you have the correct software your problem should be resolved. If the appropriate software is on your operating system, the file should open in the associated application when you click it. However, the problem is not always solved so quickly. Follow the steps of the instructions below to try to solve it.
9 steps to open ECW file
If the user comes across a file named Enhanced Compression Wavelet Image, but is unable to open it, the first thing to do is to take the following steps:
- Check if the Enhanced Compression Wavelet Image file can be handled by the given operating system. If the user tries to open the file Enhanced Compression Wavelet Image on a system other than Windows, it may fail.
- Check if the ArcGIS Desktop or IrfanView, FME Desktop, TatukGIS Viewer, Falcon View program is installed in the system. If there is no such program, install it (or download it earlier).
- Make sure that one of the ArcGIS Desktop, IrfanView, FME Desktop, TatukGIS Viewer, Falcon View programs is the default application for opening ECW files in the system. If this is not the case, you should manually set the program, preferably by editing the properties of the Enhanced Compression Wavelet Image file and displaying the applications available on the system that allow you to open it. On the list, search for one of the ArcGIS Desktop, IrfanView, FME Desktop, TatukGIS Viewer, Falcon View applications and confirm.
Software programs that open ECW file extension
- If Enhanced Compression Wavelet Image is a file from the network or some other external source, it may be defective or incomplete. In this case, although one of the ArcGIS Desktop, IrfanView, FME Desktop, TatukGIS Viewer, Falcon View programs is installed, the Enhanced Compression Wavelet Image file cannot be opened. Try to download or copy the file again.
- In case the Enhanced Compression Wavelet Image file is infected, the anti-virus program will prevent it from being opened. Such a situation should not be underestimated and such a file should be deleted or moved to quarantine, and the entire system should be scanned.
- Check that the Enhanced Compression Wavelet Image file format is not outdated. In this case, you may find that the newer version of the application does not support this older format.
- The condition for the correct handling of the Enhanced Compression Wavelet Image file may be the regular download and installation of the application update in which the user wants to open it. Check the app for up-to-date information and, if necessary, install the latest version.
- Sometimes the user unknowingly tries to open a file with a shortcut that points to a place where the file is no longer there (it may have been previously deleted).
- The inability to open the Enhanced Compression Wavelet Image file may be due to restrictions imposed on the user by the system administrator.
Useful tools
If, after performing the above steps, you still have problems opening the ECW file, you can try using some tools available on the web. Below are the websites we have verified that may help you open the ECW file.
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