What is a .WRI file?
WRI is a document from Windows Write, the word processor bundled with early Windows.
- Did you know
- Windows Write came free with Windows 3.x before WordPad replaced it.
- Windows Write shipped with Windows 1.0 in 1985 as the platform’s very first word processor, and its WRI files are a binary subset of Rich Text Format.
- Write became OLE-capable with Windows 3.1, letting documents embed objects from other applications before WordPad took over in Windows 95.
- What Analyser reads
- Identify and read more document, ebook and publishing files: Scribus (.sla/.scd version, pages, fonts), MS Works and Windows Write, Word 97 templates (.dot), StarOffice 5.x binary docs, Shanda Bambook and Sony BBeB (.lrf/.lrx) ebooks, FrameMaker, document templates and legacy PageMaker.
- Depth of analysis
- .WRI is an identification-grade format: Analyser recognises it from its bytes and decodes the header metadata it carries, rather than opening it in a full viewer. Formats that do get a full viewer are marked "Full" on the formats page.
- Open a .WRI file
- Drag a .WRI file onto the Analyser home page (or tap to pick one). It is identified entirely in your browser - nothing is uploaded, there is no account, and it works offline once installed.