All about ACW Files

The ACW file type is primarily associated with Accessibility Wizard.

ACWFile Extension ACW
File extension: ACW
File type:  Settings

What is an ACW file

ACW files mostly belong to Accessibility Wizard by Microsoft Corporation. Use our "Online ACW Text Viewer" below to analyze your ACW file and to see all text it contains.

How do you open ACW files?

You need a suitable software like Accessibility Wizard to open an ACW file. Without proper software you will receive a Windows message "How do you want to open this file?" or "Windows cannot open this file" or a similar Mac/iPhone/Android alert. If you cannot open your ACW file correctly, try to right-click or long-press the file. Then click "Open with" and choose an application. You can also display a ACW file directly in the browser:. Just drag the file onto this browser window and drop it.

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Programs that open and convert ACW files:

  1. Accessibility Wizard by Microsoft Corporation
    See the previous paragraphs to learn more about the main application.
  2. American Civil War (Game Save File) by Interactive Magic
    This game was first published in 1995. It's being informally maintained.
  3. AutoCaption (Worksheet File) by Image Logic Corporation
    AutoCaption is a captioning system that does closed captioning or subtitling. It works with DVDs, digital or traditional analog video. The worksheet allows you to work with all captions on a single sheet. This file format is classified as Video. Related links: The Captioning Process Tutorial

Technical Data for ACW File Extension

Program ID:
acwfile, accwizfile
Related files:

The following listing is compiled from the database produced by the 'Associate This!' program, selected data from the main FILExt database and file extension information submitted by users.

ProgramID: accwizfile, FileType: Accessibility Wizard Settings File, AppName: Microsoft Accessibility Wizard
EXEFile: ACCWIZ.EXE

ProgramID: acwfile, AppName: Windows Update Manager for NT

ProgramID: acwfile, FileType: Accessibility Wizard settings, AppName: Microsoft Accessibility Wizard
EXEFile: accwiz.exe

ProgramID: acwfile
EXEFile: %SystemRoot%\system32\accwiz.exe %1

ProgramID: accwizfile
EXEFile: %SystemRoot%\SYSTEM32\ACCWIZ.EXE %1

ProgramID: acwfile
EXEFile: blank

ProgramID: acwfile
EXEFile: %SystemRoot%\$NtUninstallKB826939$\accwiz.exe %1

ProgramID: acwfile
EXEFile: %SystemRoot%\SYSTEM32\dllcache\accwiz.exe

ProgramID: acwfile
EXEFile: %SystemRoot%\$NtUninstallQ810565$\accwiz.exe

ProgramID: acwfile
EXEFile: %SystemRoot%\ServicePackFiles\i386\accwiz.exe


an acw Setting is a special file format by Microsoft Corporation and should only be edited and saved with the appropriate software.

How to solve problems with ACW files

  • Associate the ACW file extension with the correct application.
  • Update your software that should actually open settings. Because only the current version supports the latest ACW file format. Search, therefore, e.g. on the Microsoft Corporation manufacturer website after an available Accessibility Wizard update.
  • To make sure that your ACW file is not corrupted or virus-infected, get the file again and scan it with Google's virustotal.com.
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