The zip file extension is used for the default archive format of WinZip archiver, a powerful and easy-to-use tool that quickly zips and unzips files to conserve more disk space and greatly reduce files and e-mails transmission time. The zip file is a compressed archive created with the various programs supporting ZIP compression. Microsoft Windows supports creating compressed zip files by default. You can create zip archives in Windows Explorer by using file context menu and Send to ->Compressed folder (zip method). This will create zip file of any selected folder or files in your computer. MIME types used for zip files: application/zip application/x-compressed application/x-zip-compressed multipart/x-zip. Related articles: Help how to open ZIP files: Any current archiving tool is able to work with *.zip files.

ZIP file format is widely supported by many apps on all platforms. How to convert file with extension ZIP: The easiest way how to convert ZIP archive is to decompress the ZIP archive with the use of WinZIP and repack the content with another compression utility of your choice. Find conversions from zip file: Find converter to zip file type: File identification strings: HEX code: 50 4B 03 04 ASCII code: PK. Recommended software programs are sorted by OS platform (Windows, macOS, Linux etc.) and possible program actions that can be done with the file: like open zip file, edit zip file, convert zip file, view zip file, play zip file etc. (if exist software for corresponding action in File-Extensions. Starsiege Tribes Vista Patch Nofix. org's database).