.WRI File

The wri file extension is most likely best known for its use in Windows Write, a simple word processor that was distributed with Microsoft Windows to version 3.11.

The wri file is a document created and saved in Windows Write.

In Microsoft Windows 95 and higher was Microsoft Write replaced by Microsoft WordPad.

Microsoft WordPad can open the wri files, but format is not officially supported.

MIME types used:

• application/x-wri
• application/x-mswrite
• application/x-wri
• application/mswrite
• application/x-mswrite
• application/wr
• zz-application/zz-winassoc-wri
• application/msword
• application/microsoft_word

This wri file type entry was marked as obsolete and no longer supported file format.

This type of file is no longer actively used and is most likely obsolete. This is typically the case for system files in old operating systems, file types from long discontinued software, or previous versions of certain file types (like documents, projects etc.) that were replaced in higher versions of their original programs.

Files with wri file extension can be most often found as old documents that were created and saved in the Microsoft Windows Write text editor that was distributed as a part of Microsoft Windows up to version 95.

How to open:

You can try to open wri files in Windows WordPad. Sometimes WordPad can view extraneous or garbage characters at the beginning and at the end of the file, but text in the document is readable.The wri files can also be open in the older versions of Microsoft Works, Microsoft Word or Corel WordPerfect.

How to convert:

The easiest way would probably be to open wri files in WordPad and save them to another file format. If WordPad viewed extraneous or garbage characters at the beginning and at the end of a *.wri file, delete them prior saving. Windows Write can also save .wri files in to the simple txt files.