Very often questions arise about which program can open a file with the .shs extension. The answer to this question is quite simple: these files can be opened using programs such as Microsoft Word, scrap2rtf, OpenOffice and Microsoft Excel.
Files with this extension are very closely related to objects such as Microsoft Windows Shell. Also, their creation occurs automatically using Word and Excel. This happens at the moment 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 an OLE object and cannot 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 that has the .shs extension is deleted - there are no options.
Support for documents with this extension ceased in Vista. In other systems that were created earlier, a developer was used that stored special libraries. Library data was used when processing files with the .shs extension was required. Since the Windows family of operating systems, starting with the development of Vista, does not include such developers, it is much more difficult to read a file with this extension in them than it actually seems.
Particular care must be taken with those files with this extension that are sent by mail via the Internet, since viruses are often hidden under them. In the event that such a file starts, anything can happen to the operating system. People are tricked because the .shs extension does not belong to the standard and well-known extensions used to create viruses.
Shs documents are usually in stealth mode. The operating system makes such files hidden by default. In order to display such a file, you will need to do a couple of simple steps. You should open Explorer, select the "Service" item. At this point is the button "Folder Options", after clicking on which a window will open. In the “View and Tools” item, select the “Folder Property” menu and click on the “File Types” submenu. In this submenu there will be an item offering to enable or disable viewing of document expansion. To enable it, you need to check the corresponding item.
It remains to deal with only one open issue related to documents that have the .shs extension. How to open such a file on systems such as Vista and Windows 7? There are several ways to do this. The main thing is to carefully follow the instructions and do everything right.
1. Try to manually transfer the document to a text editor.
2. Install a special software tool called WindowsXPMode.
3. Install scarp2rtf and, following the prompts, try opening the desired file.