WSS

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.
What is wss file?
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.
How to open wss file?
Probably can be used only in particular version of Windows.
How to convert wss file?
A conversion for this file type is unlikely, it does not contain audio data, just specs for sound carts.
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Associated software actions with the wss file
Software applications that handle other tasks involving wss files:
Microsoft Windows (Microsoft Windows)
Microsoft Works for Mac spreadsheet
File type category:
Spreadsheet and workbook file
Date updated: January 3, 2025
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.
How to open wss file?
Use Microsoft Works to work with *.wss files.
How to convert wss file?
Probably can be exported to other formats.
Suggested software to open wss file:
Associated software actions with the wss file
Software applications that can open wss files:
Microsoft Works (Microsoft Windows)
Software applications that can edit wss files:
Microsoft Works (Microsoft Windows)
Software capable of saving wss files:
Microsoft Works (Microsoft Windows)
Software apps that create wss files:
Microsoft Works (Microsoft Windows)
Software apps that print wss files:
Microsoft Works (Microsoft Windows)
Software applications that handle other tasks involving wss files:
Microsoft Works (Microsoft Windows)
Operation Flashpoint sound file
File type category:
Game file
Date updated: September 27, 2010
File extension is used by computer game Operation Flashpoint. Sound file.
Suggested software to open wss file:
Associated software actions with the wss file
Software applications that handle other tasks involving wss files:
Operation Flashpoint (Microsoft Windows)
ReliaSoft RGA data
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.
How to open wss file?
Probably not meant to be accessed by the user.
How to convert wss file?
Probably cannot be converted to anything else.
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Associated software actions with the wss file
Software applications that handle other tasks involving wss files:
RGA (Microsoft Windows)
Web Page Maker project
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.
How to open wss file?
Use Web Page Mager to open *.wss files.
How to convert wss file?
Possibly can be converted to other formats.
Suggested software to open wss file:
Associated software actions with the wss file
Software applications that can open wss files:
Web Page Maker (Microsoft Windows)
Software applications that can edit wss files:
Web Page Maker (Microsoft Windows)
Software capable of saving wss files:
Web Page Maker (Microsoft Windows)
Software apps that create wss files:
Web Page Maker (Microsoft Windows)
Web Screen Saver configuration
File type category:
Settings, options, themes or skins file
Date updated: August 7, 2019
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.
Suggested software to open wss file:
Associated software actions with the wss file
Software apps that manage settings for wss files:
Web Screen Saver (Microsoft Windows)