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How To Make A .wad File Into A .hlwad File Using Texmex Under Windows.
OK I think this should work for people who have had no luck converting their .wad files into .hlwad files under Windows.

1. Open TexMex.

2. Drop your .wad file into TexMex.

3. Click on File => Save Copy => Save to WAD3.

4. Pick your output directory and clear the name field, then type (without quotes:- yourname.hlwad and press enter.

5. Navigate to the output directory and find the output file (make sure file extensions are visible on known file types) and rename to file from yourname.hlwad.wad to yourname.hlwad (i.e. delete the .wad extension).

Seemed to work for me so anyone else care to give it a try?

Ricky
Link To Download The Stuff You Need To Do This: 
Another Thing 
You have to delete the All_Wads_to_Hlwads.exe program from your program files\worldcraft\textures DIR. It will attempt and fail to replace all of the texmex output with its own, and some wads will convert with TexMex but not with THAT util due to restrictions. It will do this automatically when you try and run WC3.3. 
It Works 
 
Interesting 
thanks Ricky! 
 
whats really wild is that i needed to know how to do this just two days ago. thanks man. :) 
A Little Help? 
not good with computers so bear with me.

Attempted to do this with jf2.wad.
I can see jf2.hlwad.wad when I look in the textures folder in Texmex, but not when I look in My Computer.
Probably an easy fix, but I'm not quite sure what to do.
Any suggestions? 
Oh 
Also.
I'm on windows 7, and when I see the file in Texmex, there is a small lock on the symbol. 
Hmmm 
OK, try doing it again from scratch, in a seperate DIR on your c:. Once you have exported from TexMex, close TexMex down completely. Then find the file and re-name. Also double-check that you are not running Worldcraft and the bloody All_Wads_To_Hlwads.exe before re-naming the file. Im also using Windows 7 (64), so it should eb possible for u if it's possible for me ;) 
Where Can I Find Jf2.wad 
So that I can try this myself? Doesn't seem to be on quaddicted :O 
At The Rub2 Site 
OK, Thanks Metl 
Well I managed to make the hlwad, I just opened the wad file with TexMex, chose "Save Copy" under the file menu, saved it as "jf2.hlwad"(.wad) then straight away I closed TexMex, then I found the the file in the output DIR (in this case c:\program files\worldcraft\textures\), deleted the .wad extension. BadaBIng, BADABOOM! 
No Badaboom For Me. 
still not working... it just won't show in the output directory in my computer, and still shows up in tex-mex... 
I Had That Problem 
Unfortunately i couldn't figure it out. I think there were little locks on the files also. 
That Sounds 
Like User Account Control blocking it. 
What Happens If You Output 
Then go to 'load' from texmex, navigate to the outputted file, re-name, make a copy of, and possibly 'zip' the file, just from the load panel in TexMex - I think Windows 7 explorer will let you do that. This way you are tricking explorer into seeing the outputted file as a different file. 
Okayt 
just tried and no success yet. From within Texmex load panel I selected the file and then sent it to a zip... which also has a lock on it, and cannot be seen in My Computer.

have to head out now but will try later with UAC disabled. 
So Finally 
UAC was, as so often is the case, the culprit. 
Hmm 
Bloody hell portals. 
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