File Extension/WEBSITE
alphabetical list of extensions

File extension .WEBSITE

File description

Internet explorer can take the website out of the browser and can pin it to the taskbar for quick access. This allows the website to work as an application rather than a page.

The user can pin an intranet website to the taskbar so that user does not have to reenter URL each time to visit the website. The user drags and drops the URL of the website to the task bar and it is pinned to task bar. On the back end, Windows create a file with WEBSITE extension which contains URL of the pinned website in plain text format.

Description of the problem
If you have on your computer a .WEBSITE file that you cannot open, you are in exactly the same situation as thousands of other people who have similar problems with this or any other unknown file.

There may be several reasons why you cannot open the file with .WEBSITE extension. Directly on this website you can find a solution of the most common problem with the .WEBSITE file – that you do not have on your computer the appropriate program to open the file.
Solution
From the list below, select the appropriate program, install it and double click on the icon of a file that did not want to open - the problem with the .WEBSITE file extension should be solved. However, if this does not happen, go back to the website to learn about other possible causes of the error, which have been described at the bottom of the website.
Category
Web Files
Developer
Microsoft
Popularity
StarStarStar
Last updated
July 16, 2014
File name: Internet Explorer Pinned Site Shortcut
Programs that will open this file:
Windows
Windows
Internet Explorer Internet Explorer
Remember!
The .WEBSITE file extension can correspond to several not related file formats. If there is more than one file format with the .WEBSITE extension, you will probably find most of them at this website. Remember that you need to download a program to support a particular file type. So first look through the entire contents of the website to select a program to support just the file you have.

Other possible reasons why your .WEBSITE file does not want to open

In addition to the problem described above, i.e. the lack of the appropriate application to support the .WEBSITE file, there may be several reasons that cause problems with opening and operation of the data format:

1. Incorrect version of the installed application

A quite common problem is the lack of application in the appropriate version. Even if you have an application, with the help of which you should open the .WEBSITE file, you may have a problem with it because of its version. Perhaps in previous versions the application has not yet supported the .WEBSITE file, so download the update and check again.

2. Incorrect .WEBSITE file association with the program

If you have already installed the appropriate application, and it is the correct version, the file may not open correctly, because the operating system does not have information that this program supports the file. So you need to "show" which program the computer should use. To do this:

  • Right-click the .WEBSITE file
  • Go to the "Open with" - then "Choose default program ..."
  • Locate the appropriate application
  • Click "OK"

3. The file is corrupt

It also happens that the file you want to open is corrupt and therefore there is no such possibility. In this situation, you should find its different version, or ask a person from whom you got, to send it again.