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What is a WAX file? Audio shortcut file used by Windows Media Player, the default Windows multimedia playback program; saves a shortcut to a Windows Media audio ( .WMA ) file on the Internet; saved in a plain text format and contains the URL location of the audio file, but not the audio data itself.

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What is a WAX file?

Audio shortcut file used by Windows Media Player, the default Windows multimedia playback program; saves a shortcut to a Windows Media audio ( .WMA ) file on the Internet; saved in a plain text format and contains the URL location of the audio file, but not the audio data itself.

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Updated: June 9, 2015

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What is a WAX file?↓
Audio shortcut file used by Windows Media Player, the default Windows multimedia playback program; saves a shortcut to a Windows Media audio (.WMA) file on the Internet; saved in a plain text format and contains the URL location of the audio file, but not the audio data itself.

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