While searching for an answer to the question - How to open the SWP file? - you probably found websites, which offer software that was able to open any file extension. Do not be fooled, there is no one program that will allow you to work with any file extension, including the SWP file. Each program contains a different type of data and you need specialized software to properly work with the SWP file. Here is a list of programs that are designed to work with the SWP file - remember, these applications are able to open at most a few file extensions, they are designed to work with a specific data type.
| File type | Swap Format |
| Developer | Bill Joy |
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If after installing the program from a list, you still cannot open a file with the SWP extension, the reason may be that the file is damaged. The solution may be to find a new copy of the SWP file you want to open
In this case, the easiest way is to use the tool built into the operating system for association of the SWP file with applications to support it. Double click on the file you cannot open - the operating system will display a list of programs that are likely to work with your SWP file. Choose one of them, or select the location on a disk where you installed one of the applications from our list. Windows should then open the SWP file using the program installed earlier.
Entries containing links of the SWP file extensions with applications is located in the HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT. If you do not know how to get to the Windows Registry, or how to make changes in it, ask a specialist for help. Lack of knowledge on the subject may cause irreversible changes on your computer.
There may be a situation when a computer virus passes itself off as the SWP file. In this case, such a file will definitely not be opened. Download a good antivirus program and scan the SWP file mentioned. If the antivirus application detects malicious data, it may signify that the SWP file is infected.
| SWL | Macromedia Flash Format [Alternate] |
| SWG | SWAG Pascal Snippets (SWAG Reader) |
| SWAV | Nintendo DS Audio Format |
| SW | 16-bit Audio Sound Raw Signed PCM Data Format |
| SWJ | SolidWorks Journal Format |
| SWIDTAG | Software Identification Tag |
| SWP | Swap Format |
| SW6 | SPICE Sweep Operations Output |
| SW3 | SPICE Sweep Operations Output |
| SWW | ANNO Saved Game Format |
