FILExt - The File Extension Source

Details for file extension .ZIP are on this page. Because there is no central registry for file extensions and their associated programs there may be multiple entries on this page. And, because there are many (some say over a million) such associations not all may be listed here. A search on the file extension you submitted shows 2 record(s).

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The details for each of these are shown below. The best FILExt can do for you is provide the details we know about. Selecting the information that applies to your particular situation is up to you. Use any hints provided. If the information here is not helpful, FILExt is sorry; but as a research site FILExt cannot provide personal support. If you need further information you might try the research tips on the FILExt Help Me page.

Extension: ZIP
Program and/or Extension Function [What's This?]		Company [What's This?]
Compressed Archive File
Specific Notes [What's This?]
A .ZIP file is a compressed archive. It can contain only one file or many files in multiple directories. ZIP utilities allow you to extract single files or a complete directory structure. Note: In 2003 PKWare placed a non-standard encryption routine into their PKZip product. If you want to maintain the up-to-now open ZIP standard then you should avoid that product. If you get encrypted ZIP files you can't open with other products that might be the reason; they may have been created with the non-standard algorithym. If the Windows XP feature that opens ZIP files as folders becomes disabled you can correct this by re-registering the DLL file with Windows. To do this on Windows XP Start | Run | type in regsvr32 %windir%\system32\zipfldr.dll and click OK. ..... [Search for ZIP file errors with this scan.]
MIME Type [What's This?]	File Classification [What's This?]	Associated Links [What's This?]
application/zip application/x-zip application/x-zip-compressed application/octet-stream application/x-compress application/x-compressed multipart/x-zip	Archive	Pack/Unpack with 7-Zip
Identifying Characters [What's This?]
Hex: 50 4B 03 04 ASCII: PK..
Program ID [What's This?]
(None or Unknown)
General Notes [What's This?]
(None)
This is record 13628 last modified on 2007-08-08.

Extension: ZIP
Program and/or Extension Function [What's This?]		Company [What's This?]
Back4Win Backup Archive		Alistair George Manufacturing
Specific Notes [What's This?]
There is generally a directory file (.ZFC) for an extended, multi-file archive. The other files in the archive will have .Z01, .Z02, .Z03, etc. and .ZIP as their extensions. ..... [Search for ZIP file errors with this scan.]
MIME Type [What's This?]	File Classification [What's This?]	Associated Links [What's This?]
	Archive	None
Identifying Characters [What's This?]
(None or Unknown)
Program ID [What's This?]
(None or Unknown)
General Notes [What's This?]
(None)
This is record 16843 last modified on 2004-05-20.

System Info for File Extension .ZIP

FILExt has been given permission to display the file extension database produced by the Associate This! program. Some of that data has already been included into the main FILExt database; but, not all. Those entries which have not yet been incorporated are shown below in the hope that they will be of some use. Data collected by FILExt on registered file extensions from user systems is also in the display. Be aware this is raw data which may require further research on your part to fully understand. In particular, look at the Program ID. Often a company will put the program's name into the short ID that Windows uses to open registered file extensions. If that's not the case, look at the complete path to the EXE file. Often, programs will install themselves into directories that give either the program or company name. The program name itself may also be used as the EXE file name. These listings are particularly important since they represent listings that are in actual use by users who have sumbitted data to FILExt and therefore these listings can point you to the most likely candidate should there be multiple entries in the FILExt main database.

Program Name and MIME Type Info for File Extension .ZIP

FILExt has been given permission to display a Program Name/MIME type database collected by Anthony R. Nemmer. Some of that data has already been included into the main FILExt database; but, not all. Those entries which have not yet been incorporated are shown below in the hope that they will be of some use. Be aware this is raw data which may require further research on your part to fully understand. MIME type listings often contain the name of a program or, at a minimum, a type of file as the leading text in the MIME type.

General Info

• If the extension you are looking for is of the form .??_ the file is likely a compressed file and part of an install routine. When the install program runs it will expand the file and replace the underscore with the proper letter for the file type.
• If the file is sent as an audio file with any three-character extension it may be a dictation file where the extension is the dictator's initials; playable by BCB Voice Systems software (see ??? extension). The file could likewise be a dictation file in TrueSpeech format. Use Windows Sound Recorder and/or Media Player to play these back.
• If the extension you are looking for has a number at the end or is only a number and there were no results consider entering the same extension format using zero or one as some programs produce numbered split files but when the split can be extensive (e.g., .000-.999) only the first entry is in the database.

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