Details of extension .swp
7 extension(s) and 0 alias(es) in our database
Below, you can find answers to the following questions:
- What is the .swp file?
- Which program can create the .swp file?
- Where can you find a description of the .swp format?
- What can convert .swp files to a different format?
- Which MIME-type is associated with the .swp extension?
.swp
General Swap File
The SWP file is a General Swap File. Windows Swap file is a disk file used by Windows for its virtual memory. A virtual memory system temporarily stores segments of the application on disk when there is not enough memory to hold all the programs called for.
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Category: Data files
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sys
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General History File
.swp
SolidWorks Macro
The SWP file is a SolidWorks Macro. SolidWorks is a 3D mechanical CAD (computer-aided design) program that runs on Microsoft Windows and was developed by SolidWorks Corporation.
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.swp
Vim Swap Data
The SWP file is a Vim Swap Data. Vim is an advanced text editor that seeks to provide the power of the de-facto Unix editor Vi, with a more complete feature set. The first time a file is edited, the swap file name is file.txt.swp. If the editor is aborted and you start editing again, the next swap file is called file.txt.swo, and then file.txt.swn, and so on.
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swm, swn, swo
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.swp
Omron Syswin API Description
The SWP file is an Omron Syswin API Description. Omron Syswin is a software programming tool for OMRON programmable logic controllers.
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Category: Development files
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.swp
Spider Writer Project
The SWP file is a Spider Writer Project. Spider Writer is a text-based and WYSIWYG HTML editor, FTP client, image mapper and style editor suite.
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Category: Project files
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.swp
Borland Sprint Document Backup
The SWP file is a Borland Sprint Document Backup. Borland Sprint is a text-based word processor for DOS that features a powerful scripting language, multiple user interfaces, exceptional speed, the ability to handle very large files, and powerful PostScript capabilities.
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Category: Document files
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Mime-type: application/octet-stream
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.swp
MegaHAL Keyword Swap Data
The SWP file is a MegaHAL Keyword Swap Data. MegaHAL is a computer conversation simulator created by Jason Hutchens.
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Is it possible that the filename extension is misspelled?
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The .swp filename extension is often given incorrectly!
According to the searches on our site, these misspellings were the most common in the past year:
sep (1),
sap (1),
cwp (1),
zwp (1),
wwp (1),
wp (1),
sw (1),
sqp (1),
sp (1),
sdp (1),
ewp (1),
xwp (1),
wsp (1),
swl (1),
ssp (1)
Can't open a .swp file?
If you want to open a .swp file on your computer, you just need to have the appropriate program installed. If the .swp association isn't set correctly, you may receive the following error message:
Windows can't open this file:
File: example.swp
To open this file, Windows needs to know what program you want to use to open it. Windows can go online to look it up automatically, or you can manually select from a list of programs that are installed on your computer.
To change file associations:
- Right-click a file with the extension whose association you want to change, and then click Open With.
- In the Open With dialog box, click the program whith which you want the file to open, or click Browse to locate the program that you want.
- Select the Always use the selected program to open this kind of file check box.
Supported operating systems
Windows Server 2016/2019/2022, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux, Mac OS X, macOS, iOS, Android