BlindWrite subchannel data file
File type: Disk image (ISO) binary file
A bws file is an auxiliary subchannel data file created by BlindWrite for use with a disc image.
It normally accompanies the related BlindWrite image rather than functioning as a complete disc image by itself.
Found 5 different file type records with the same bws filename suffix.
File type category:
Disk image (ISO) binary file
Date updated: October 12, 2026
BlindWrite, developed by VSO Software for Microsoft Windows, uses bws files as part of its disc backup and burning format. The file stores subchannel data associated with the main disc image, such as information used by some copy-protection systems or additional disc data such as CD-Text on audio discs.
Subchannel data in a bws file can include protection-related information, including a digital ID. Protections associated with this type of data include SecuROM, LibCrypt on PlayStation discs, and LaserLock. The bws file is an auxiliary component of the BlindWrite image set and is not intended to be used independently.
Open the corresponding BlindWrite disc image, such as a bwi file, with BlindWrite on Microsoft Windows. BlindWrite loads the accompanying bws file automatically when it is present in the expected location.
A bws file normally cannot be opened meaningfully as a standalone file because it contains supporting subchannel data rather than the complete disc contents.
A bws file is not normally converted on its own. Its subchannel data is meaningful only as part of the associated BlindWrite disc image.
To preserve or use the data, keep the bws file with its corresponding image and process the complete image with BlindWrite. Any conversion should be performed on the complete disc image rather than on the individual bws file.
Software applications that can open bws files:
Microsoft Windows
Software applications that can edit bws files:
Microsoft Windows
Software capable of saving bws files:
Microsoft Windows
File type category:
Settings, options, themes or skins file
Date updated: September 28, 2026
Bookmark Wizard is a small Microsoft Windows program with a wizard-like interface. It creates an HTML page from all or selected links stored in the Internet Favorites folder.
The BWS file extension identifies a Bookmark Wizard settings file. The file stores settings used by the program when generating the HTML page.
Open a BWS file with Bookmark Wizard on Microsoft Windows. The file is intended to be used by the program rather than opened as a document in a web browser.
A BWS file does not normally need conversion. Use Bookmark Wizard to open the settings file and generate an HTML page from all or selected Internet Favorites links.
The resulting HTML page can be used separately, but it is an output document rather than a converted BWS file.
Software apps that manage or store settings in bws files:
Microsoft Windows
Bookmark Wizard
File type category:
Binary file
Date updated: September 28, 2026
The BWS file extension is used for a ROM binary file for a KS32C6200 demo board.
The format is rare and is associated with development hardware for the KS32C6200 demo board.
A BWS file is not normally opened as a document. Use compatible programming or download software for the KS32C6200 demo board, if available, to load the image into the board's ROM.
A hex editor can display the file's raw bytes, but it will not interpret the ROM image or run its contents.
A BWS file generally cannot be meaningfully converted to a common desktop format. Converting it to text or another binary format may make it unusable as a ROM image.
To create a different board image, use the original embedded-development project and its build tools to produce the required ROM binary for the target hardware.
File type category:
Backup file
Date updated: September 28, 2026
SmartWare is a programming platform built on the FairCom database engine. It also includes word-processing, spreadsheet, and communication modules.
The BWS file extension identifies a worksheet backup created by the SmartWare spreadsheet module. The file is intended to preserve worksheet data for use within SmartWare rather than to serve as a general-purpose spreadsheet interchange format.
SmartWare is available for Microsoft Windows. A BWS file therefore normally requires the corresponding SmartWare software to restore or use its worksheet contents.
Open or restore the .bws file in SmartWare on Microsoft Windows. Use the spreadsheet module's backup or restore function rather than treating the file as a regular spreadsheet document.
A BWS file is a SmartWare-specific backup and is not normally converted directly with a general-purpose file converter.
To obtain a different format, restore the backup in SmartWare and export or save the resulting worksheet using an output format supported by that installation.
Software apps that backup bws files:
Microsoft Windows
File type category:
Backup file
Date updated: June 3, 2018
The bws file extension is used for backups of projects created with Website X5 web designing software for Microsoft Windows operating system, developed by Incomedia company.
No further information could be found.
Use Website X5 to work with *.bws files.
Probably cannot be exported to other formats.
Software applications that can open bws files:
Microsoft Windows
Software apps that create bws files:
Microsoft Windows
Software apps that backup bws files:
Microsoft Windows
Software apps that recover bws files:
Microsoft Windows
Software applications that handle other tasks involving bws files:
Microsoft Windows
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