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What is VSS? VSS, short name for Visio Stencil, is used as the file extension for Visio Stencil files. .VSS files are binary files that can be opened by Microsoft Visio software. See the sample .VSS file included below.

File Extension: .VSS

MIME Type: application/octet-stream

File Content: Visio Stencil

.VSS files are Visio Stencil files saved as binary files. Here are the first 64 bytes of a sample .VSS file, SPWT_U.VSS, dumped in HEX values:

d0 cf 11 e0 a1 b1 1a e1 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 3e 00 03 00 fe ff 09 00 ................
06 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 ................
02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 10 00 00 05 00 00 00 ................
01 00 00 00 fe ff ff ff 00 00 00 00 03 00 00 00 ................
ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ................
ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ................
ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ................

.VSS Visio Stencil file sample: Click sample.vss to download.

.VSS Visio Stencil files can be created and modified by these software:

• Microsoft Visio 2010