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Title: 7zip/winzip
Post by: shankle on May 14, 2008, 07:29:08 PM
I would like to use 7Zip if the files are compatible.
For instance will 7Zip expand a .zip file created by Winzip file?

Will Winzip expand a .zip file created by 7Zip?
Your comments are appreciated
JPS
Title: Re: 7zip/winzip
Post by: jj2007 on May 14, 2008, 08:15:57 PM
Quote from: shankle on May 14, 2008, 07:29:08 PM
I would like to use 7Zip if the files are compatible.
For instance will 7Zip expand a .zip file created by Winzip file?
Yes
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Will Winzip expand a .zip file created by 7Zip?
No, but you can create a self-extractor, so WinZip is not needed. Look at my signature - the MDG Dashboard is a self-extracting 7z archive.
7z has by far the best compression ratio of all available packages, with the exception of some extremely slow PAQ archivers