ProWorks start file
File type: Various data file
A .pws file is a start file used by ProWorks, a business tool for Microsoft Windows.
It contains customer and other application data used internally by ProWorks.
Found 3 different file type records with the same pws filename suffix.
File type category:
Various data file
Date updated: October 28, 2026
The PWS file extension is associated with ProWorks, a business tool developed by Everett Charles Technologies. A ProWorks start file can contain customer billing, shipping, and contact information, together with other data required by the program.
The file is intended for internal use by ProWorks rather than as a general-purpose document. Its reported MIME type is application/proworks.
ProWorks is linked to Microsoft Windows, and the format is primarily relevant to installations of that software.
Open the file with ProWorks on Microsoft Windows. Because the file contains data used internally by the program, it may not open correctly in a text editor or another application.
Open the file in ProWorks and use any data-export features provided by that software if the information needs to be transferred to another format.
Software applications that handle other tasks involving pws files:
Microsoft Windows
File type category:
Settings, options, themes or skins file
Date updated: May 21, 2019
The pws file extension is associated with the Corel Painter sketch, paint and photo editing software for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X (macOS) operating systems.
The pws file stores Corel Painter's workspace settings.
Use compatible tools to work with *.pws files.
Probably cannot be converted to anything else.
Software apps that create pws files:
Microsoft Windows
Apple macOS / Mac OS X
Software apps that manage or store settings in pws files:
Microsoft Windows
Apple macOS / Mac OS X
File type category:
Vector graphic file
Date updated: January 24, 2019
Record marked as obsolete and not updated for a long time.
The pws file extension is associated with the Print Workshop, an application for Windows that allows users to create photo greeting cards, professional stationery sets and digital photo albums.
The pws file stores vector image for Print Workshop.
Use Print Workshop to open .pws vector image files.
Probably can be exported to other formats.
Software applications that can open pws files:
Microsoft Windows
Print Workshop
Software applications that can edit pws files:
Microsoft Windows
Print Workshop
Software capable of saving pws files:
Microsoft Windows
Print Workshop
Programs for viewing pws files:
Microsoft Windows
Print Workshop
Software apps that create pws files:
Microsoft Windows
Print Workshop
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