Macromedia developed Adobe Authorware. It is a graphical programming language. The a5w file extension is associated with Adobe Authorware. The a5w file stores unpackaged data used by Authorware for Windows. Macromedia was acquired by Adobe in 2005. The a5w file type entry was marked obsolete. It is no longer actively used. It is most likely obsolete. The a5w file extension is related to Adobe Authorware. It is used for its unpackaged files.
The a5w file extension is created by Macromedia. The format of a5w file is text. A5w is Alpha Five Webpage File. To open a5w files, find and install appropriate software. Then open the file by double-clicking its icon. The system should associate the a5w file with the software.
A5w files contain webpage code and Alpha Five source code. When a browser requests an a5w webpage, the Alpha Five server parses the code. Then it returns the resulting webpage to the browser. A5w files are webpages. You may see “.a5w” in a browser’s URL for an Alpha Five application, like “.html” for an HTML page.
The a5w file extension specifies how bits encode information. The file format is for Adobe Authorware Unpackaged Format files. To open a5w files, use available software for your operating system. If the system does not automatically open a5w files, associate the file type with the correct software.
Problems opening a5w files could be: file corruption, incorrect registry entries, incomplete software installation, malware infection. If even the operating system cannot open a5w files, install a program to view, edit and save the files.