Microsoft Windows Sound System
File type: System file
Files with wss file extension seems to have been used in the past for some sort of sound card specification files for Windows Sound System.
Found 6 different file type records with the same wss filename suffix.
File type category:
System file
Date updated: December 30, 2024
The wss file extension is related to Windows Sound System. WSS was a sound card specification developed by Microsoft for use in their Windows 3.0 with MPC extensions.
WSS featured support for up to 16-bit 48 kHz digital sampling, better than the contemporary Sound Blaster Pro. Also, the WSS featured RCA analog audio outputs, an uncommon feature among sound cards of this era.
Probably can be used only in particular version of Windows.
A conversion for this file type is unlikely, it does not contain audio data, just specs for sound carts.
Software applications that handle other tasks involving wss files:
Microsoft Windows
File type category:
Spreadsheet and workbook file
Date updated: January 3, 2025
Record marked as obsolete and not updated for a long time.
The wss file extension is associated with Microsoft Works, an office suite produced by Microsoft, which was offered as smaller, less expensive, and with fewer features than the Microsoft Office suite. Its core functionality includes a word processor, a spreadsheet and a database.
The wss files were used in some older version of Microsoft Works for Mac for database file.
Use Microsoft Works to work with *.wss files.
Probably can be exported to other formats.
Software applications that can open wss files:
Microsoft Windows
Software applications that can edit wss files:
Microsoft Windows
Software capable of saving wss files:
Microsoft Windows
Software apps that create wss files:
Microsoft Windows
Software apps that print wss files:
Microsoft Windows
Software applications that handle other tasks involving wss files:
Microsoft Windows
File type category:
Game file
Date updated: September 24, 2026
Operation Flashpoint uses WSS files as part of its game audio resources. They contain audio used during gameplay, such as sound effects and other in-game sounds.
The files are loaded by the game as needed and are not normally used outside its resource files. WSS is a legacy, game-specific format rather than a general-purpose audio format.
Install and run Operation Flashpoint on Microsoft Windows to use a WSS file in its intended context. The game loads its sound files automatically from the appropriate game folders.
WSS files generally cannot be opened directly in standard media players.
A WSS file does not normally need to be converted for use in Operation Flashpoint. Specialized audio utilities may be able to extract or convert its audio to a more common format such as WAV.
Converting the file is not required to make the game play its sound.
Software applications that handle other tasks involving wss files:
Microsoft Windows
File type category:
Various data file
Date updated: April 16, 2019
The wss file extension is also related to ReliaSoft RGA program and used for one of its data files. RGA is a Reliability Growth Analysis and Repairable System Analysis Software Tool.
Probably not meant to be accessed by the user.
Probably cannot be converted to anything else.
Software applications that handle other tasks involving wss files:
Microsoft Windows
File type category:
Various data file
Date updated: April 6, 2018
The wss file extension is associated with the Web Page Maker, an easy-to-use web page editor for Microsoft Windows operating system.
The wss file contains project created and saved in the program.
Use Web Page Mager to open *.wss files.
Possibly can be converted to other formats.
Software applications that can open wss files:
Microsoft Windows
Software applications that can edit wss files:
Microsoft Windows
Software capable of saving wss files:
Microsoft Windows
Software apps that create wss files:
Microsoft Windows
File type category:
Settings, options, themes or skins file
Date updated: August 7, 2019
Record marked as obsolete and not updated for a long time.
The wss file extension is also used for configuration files in Web Screen Saver program. The program is used to display various content, including newspaper for example, as a screensavers.
Software apps that manage or store settings in wss files:
Microsoft Windows
Web Screen Saver
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