How to open WMF file?
A WMF Opener is a computer program or application that supports WMF files and can open their contents. If you have the appropriate software installed on your device, opening the WMF file should be done without any problems by double-clicking on the file's icon. After clicking, your WMF file should open in the program that is assigned as default for handling WMF files on your device. Sometimes, however, various problems arise, below you will find the instructions that you should follow.
Open WMF files in 9 steps
In case it is not possible to open the Windows Metafile file without additional steps, follow the steps below
- Make sure that the operating system where you are trying to open the Windows Metafile file is supported by it. Files with the WMF extension may not be supported by the operating system you are using.
- No default UniConvertor application in the system or CorelDRAW, ACDSee, Adobe Illustrator, TurboCAD will prevent you from opening WMF files. If there is no such program, install it (or download it earlier).
- Verify that the default application for handling WMF files is one of the following software tools: UniConvertor, CorelDRAW, ACDSee, Adobe Illustrator, TurboCAD. If this is not the case, you should manually set the program, preferably by editing the properties of the Windows Metafile file and displaying the applications available on the system that allow you to open it. Choose one of the UniConvertor, CorelDRAW, ACDSee, Adobe Illustrator, TurboCAD applications to open the WMF files.
Software programs that open WMF file extension
- Files ripped from external media or downloaded from the Internet may have a damaged structure. In this case, although one of the UniConvertor, CorelDRAW, ACDSee, Adobe Illustrator, TurboCAD programs is installed, the Windows Metafile file cannot be opened. Re-downloading or copying the file may fix the problem.
- The antivirus program can identify the virus with which the Windows Metafile file has been infected and at the same time blocks the opening of the file. The best solution in this case is to run a virus scanner and check the system for viruses.
- Windows Metafile is a file that may have been generated by older program versions. The application the user is trying to open the file in may not be backwards compatible and this prevents Windows Metafile from opening.
- To open the Windows Metafile file, the current version of the program in which we want to open it is required. Determine the version of your program and, if necessary, install the latest one.
- 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 system administrator has restricted the opening and modification of certain files, which in this case may include Windows Metafile.
Useful tools
If, despite going through all the steps, it was not possible to open the file with the WMF extension, you can try some of the proposed tools. Below are the websites we have verified that may help you open the WMF file.
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