File Extension ECW

Notes about the ECW file extension:

Errors in your registry are one of the common causes for incorrect file associations on your windows system. It is highly recommended that you check your registry for file association errors (will also check for any other registry errors).

The ECW file type is primarily associated with 'EclipseCrossword Crossword Puzzle'.

Detailed information for file extension ECW:

Primary association: EclipseCrossword Crossword Puzzle

Other applications associated with file type ECW:

  • Enhanced Compressed Wavelet This association is classified as Graphic. The identifying characters used for this association are - Hex: 65 02 01 , ASCII: e Related links: XnView
  • Ensoniq (Waveset Format) by E-MU SystemsThe official corporate site is now combined with Emu.com since being aquired by Creative Labs. The file format stores articulation and sample data used by the software MIDI synthesizer of sound cards equipped with an ES1370, ES1371, or ES1373 chip. These sound cards include the Ensoniq AudioPCI, the Sound Blaster! AudioPCI, the Sound Blaster! PCI64, the Sound Blaster! PCI128, and the Sound Blaster Live!. The file also includes some text describing the file and some mysterious data which seems to be vestigial and completely unnecessary. This association is classified as Audio. The identifying characters used for this association are - Hex: 45 43 4C 57, ASCII: ECLW Related links: Ensoniq-related Webpages, Ensoniq File Format (PDF)
File Identifier - TrID
'Identifying characters' used on FILExt.com are
provided by Marco Pontello from his TrID database



Technical data

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System Info for File Extension .ECW

The following listing is compiled from the database produced by the 'Associate This!' program, selected data from the main FILExt database and information FILExt collected directly from user systems.

ProgramID: GraphicsConverterPro.ecw, FileType: Enhanced Compressed Wavelet, AppName: GraphicsConverter-reg
EXEFile: GraphicsConverter.exe

ProgramID: IrfanView.ecw, FileType: IrfanView ECW File, AppName: IrfanView

ProgramID: XnView.Image
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\XnView\xnview.exe %1

ProgramID: EclipseCrosswordFile
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\EclipseCrossword\EclipseCrossword.exe %1

ProgramID: ERViewer.ECWFile
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\EARTHR~1\ERVIEW~1.0E\bin\ERViewer.exe /dde

ProgramID: IrfanView.ecw
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\IrfanView\i_view32.exe

ProgramID: IrfanView.ecw
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\IRFANV~1\i_view32.exe

Program Name and MIME Type Info for File Extension .ECW

FILExt has been given permission to display a Program Name/MIME type database collected by Anthony R. Nemmer. Some of this data has already been included into the main FILExt database. Those entries which have not yet been incorporated are displayed below.
Program Name Mime Type Enhanced Compressed Wavelet (ecw) Image IWS Internet Plugin for Netscape Navigatorapplication/x-ImageWebServer-ecw

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