LanguageWRI
Windows Write document
File type: Document file
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.
What is wri file?
File type category:
Document file
Date updated: January 3, 2025
File extension wri 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.
A .wri file represents document created and saved in Windows Write.
In Microsoft Windows 95 and higher, Microsoft Write was replaced by Microsoft WordPad., which could be used to open .wri files as well.
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
How to open wri file?
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 wri file?
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.
Suggested software to open wri file:
Associated software actions with the wri file
Software applications that can open wri files:
Microsoft Write (Microsoft Windows)
Microsoft Word (Microsoft Windows)
Corel WordPerfect (Microsoft Windows)
LibreOffice Writer (Multiplatform)
Software applications that can edit wri files:
Microsoft Write (Microsoft Windows)
Microsoft Word (Microsoft Windows)
Corel WordPerfect (Microsoft Windows)
Software capable of saving wri files:
Microsoft Write (Microsoft Windows)
Microsoft Word (Microsoft Windows)
Corel WordPerfect (Microsoft Windows)
Software apps that create wri files:
Microsoft Write (Microsoft Windows)
Corel WordPerfect (Microsoft Windows)
Software apps that convert wri files:
Corel WordPerfect (Microsoft Windows)
ABC Amber Text Converter (Microsoft Windows)
Software apps that print wri files:
Microsoft Write (Microsoft Windows)
Microsoft Word (Microsoft Windows)
Corel WordPerfect (Microsoft Windows)
LibreOffice Writer (Multiplatform)