How to open webloc files in Windows 10/11

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Updated onOctober 4, 2023

updated onOctober 4, 2023

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A webloc file is a website shortcut that theSafari browsergenerates when you drag a website icon from its URL field to the desktop. As such, webloc is an Apple Mac OS X file format that adds URL shortcuts for websites to the Mac desktop.

Even though webloc is a Mac file format, you can also open webloc website shortcuts within Windows.

Open webloc files on Windows PCs with these 3 tools

1. Open a Webloc With Notepad

Mac OS X users can open a webloc in Chrome or Firefox much the same as a regular URL shortcut in Windows. However, on other platforms you’ll need to open a webloc file with atext editorfirst. Then you can copy the URL string in the webloc into a browser’s URL bar. This is how you can open a webloc with Notepad.

2. Open a Webloc With WeblocOpener

WeblocOpener is software that enables you to open webloc shortcuts in Windows just the same as in Mac OS X. Thus, you can open the pages in browsers without copying and pasting URLs from Notepad. Press theDownload Setupbutton on thiswebsite pageand open WeblocOpener’s setup wizard to add it to Windows.

Run the WebBloc Opener Update app. Then you can click a webloc file shortcut on the desktop to open it in browser.

WeblocOpener also enables you to add new webloc page shortcuts to the desktop. Right-click the desktop, click New and selectWebloc link. That will add a webloc shortcut to the desktop which you can click to open a WeblocOpener window where you can enter a URL for the shortcut to open. Thereafter, you can click the webloc shortcut to open the webpage.

3. Open Webloc URLs With Webloc File Opener

There’s also a WEBLOC file opener web app you can open webloc files with. That app provides you with a selected file’s page link so you can open it in browser.

You canclick hereto open that app in browser. Press theChoose filesbutton to select the webloc file you need a URL for. Then the web app will provide the page link for it.

There are no webloc converters that you can utilize to convert weblocs to Windows URL files. However, you don’t really need one as WeblocOpener provides full support for the file format in Windows.

How to open webloc files in Windows 10/11#

Open webloc files on Windows PCs with these 3 tools#

1. Open a Webloc With Notepad#

2. Open a Webloc With WeblocOpener#

3. Open Webloc URLs With Webloc File Opener#

How to open webloc files in Windows 10/11

Open webloc files on Windows PCs with these 3 tools

1. Open a Webloc With Notepad

2. Open a Webloc With WeblocOpener

3. Open Webloc URLs With Webloc File Opener