What is the .shs extension and how do I open it?

Very often there are questions about which program can open a file that has the .shs extension. The answer to this question is simple enough: these files can be opened with the help of such programs as Microsoft Word, scrap2rtf, OpenOffice and Microsoft Excel.

Files with this extension are very closely related to objects such as Microsoft Windows Shell. Also, they are created automatically using Word and Excel. This happens when the user drags the selected text from the file to the desktop. The .shs extension contains copies of the selected parts of the text in its own file format.

In other words, this extension is OLE objects, and it can not be opened in direct ways. It can be opened only by dragging and dropping into one of the listed documents at the moment when they are open. And at the time when such documents are created, a special shortcut appears on the desktop, when you delete it, in fact, the file itself is deleted, having the .shs extension is without options.

Support for documents with this extension has ceased in the Vista operating system. In other systems that were created earlier, a developer used to store special libraries. These libraries were used when processing files with the .shs extension was required. Since in the family of Windows operating systems, since the development of the Vista system, such developers are not provided, then it is much more difficult to read a file with such an extension in them than it really seems.

It is especially necessary to treat those files with this extension, which come by mail through the Internet, because viruses are often hidden under them. In the event that such a file is launched, anything can happen with the operating system. People are deceived because the .shs extension does not apply to standard and known extensions used to create viruses.

Shs-documents are usually hidden. The operating system makes such files hidden by default. In order to display a similar file, you need to do a couple of simple actions. You should open the explorer, select the "Tools" item. At this point there is a button "Folder Options", after clicking on which the window will open. In the "View and Tools" item, select the "Folder Properties" menu and click on the "File Types" submenu. In this submenu there will be an item offering to enable or disable the viewing of the document extension. To enable it, you must check the corresponding box.

It remains to understand only one unclosed question related to documents that have the .shs extension. How to open such a file in systems such as Vista and Windows 7? There are several ways for this. The main thing is to carefully follow the instructions and do everything right.

1. Try manually transfer the document to a text editor.

2. Install a special software tool called WindowsXPMode.

3. Install the program scarp2rtf and, following the prompts, try to open the desired file.