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.qcow file: how to open it on Windows

1 Windows app registers the .qcow extension. Install one of them to open the file with a double-click.

About the format

Format
QEMU QCOW disk image
Abbreviation
QCOW · QEMU Copy On Write
MIME type
application/x-qemu-disk

Format data: freedesktop.org shared-mime-info and PRONOM (The National Archives, UK).

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