Questions tagged [winzip]
Compression and archive tool for Windows
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How do I reassemble a zip file that has been emailed in multiple parts?
I received 3 emails each containing part of a zip file. The extensions end in .z00, .z01 and .z02. (Emailed as such to get around the typical 10Mb attachment limit per email.)
I have put all 3 files ...
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How to do "legacy" ZIP compression with 7zip?
We have an old application that requires zip files to be "legacy" format. I would really love to get rid of the adware ridden WinZip and use 7zip. However, I don't know which compression options and ...
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How can I create a password protected .zip file in Windows 10? [duplicate]
Winzip claims that it can create a password protected zip on Windows 10, but the Winzip installer fails part way during the installation on Win10.
https://www.winzip.com/win/en/downwz.html
Is there ...
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Why should I prefer 7zip over WinZip in Windows environment? [closed]
I know Winzip is not free and 7-zip is free . Other than this is there any reason why I should use 7ZIP over Winzip for compression ? I am using Windows 7 .
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How can I remove empty paths from a zip file?
I have a zip file that contains a empty path, which I want to be rid of. How can I clear it, while maintaining the rest of the zip? When I open the item in winzip I cannot see the empty file, but ...
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Maintain folder structure with WinRAR
Suppose my folder structure is:
A
-B
--C
---D
and in the D folder I have a file, say test.txt. How can I add this test.txt file to an archive so that the folder's hierarchy is also maintained in ...
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Does the RAR compression algorithm compress better than the ZIP compression algorithm?
I took 3 test files and ZIPped them. With the 3 test files again I RARred them. Each .RAR archive is smaller than the corresponding .ZIP archive.
Does the RAR compression algorithm give a better ...
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How do I stop using Winzip and let Windows handle .zip files natively?
Anytime I download a .zip file or create a compressed folder, my PC makes it a Winzip file, which is no good because I don't want to pay their fee to get the full version (the version I have was a ...
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How can I compress a large video file as much as possible e.g. 2 GB. to 200MB?
Recently I have received a very large 2 GB video file that was compressed to 200 MB inside a RAR file. How is this possible?
I have tried this instruction but it did not work.
The codec of the video ...
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How can I compress every 10 files in a folder as a separate zip file?
I'm on Windows 10 and trying to work it out with Winrar. The folder contains 500 files, I would like to compress every 10 of them as a separate zip/rar file and create 50 zip/rar files.
Is there a ...
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Mount ISO File with Native Windows Application When Having Different File Association
I have an .iso file association with WinZip and there's no default option for mounting the image instead of opening it in WinZip. Any suggestions? Again, I'd like to use the default native application ...
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How do I create a Windows XP compressed folder in Winzip?
When you create a compressed folder in Windows XP it appears to be a standard zip file but it's not. That said WinZip 9.0 (dated 2004) can read it. However the Windows XP compressed folder support ...
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robocopy can’t find newly zipped file for copy
I am working with a batch file that is being used to copy files from several remote servers to one central repository using robocopy. I am trying to zip the contents of a folder and then copy it but ...
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Explorer.exe crash, immediately followed by crash of DrWatson Postmortem debugger (they named it???)
While unzipping files on a computer running windows xp, about half the time the above error in the title will occur, in which case I have to restart the computer to resume interaction.
Why is this ...
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Wrong password while extracting zip file [closed]
I had used C# code to create Password protected zip files,
But while extracting all the files inside zip gets except one large txt file, and for that particular file all different tools (default ...
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