WinZip is a shareware file archiver and compressor for Windows, OS X, iOS and Android developed by WinZip Computing. By default, WinZip creates archives in Zip file format but also has various levels of support for other archive formats.
Questions tagged [winzip]
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How to avoid thumbs.db files in compression
Is there a 7zip or winzip command to use so that the compression avoids thumbs.db files?

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How do I create a zip file with AES 256 encryption in iOS?
I would like to know is there any open source library that able to zip a file with AES 256 password on iOS ?
I google around. There is AES 256 encryption (but not zipped). and there is zipping library (but not AES256 encrypted). I m curious that why…

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How to do Vista/UAC aware self-extract installer
I distribute my software with a WinZip self-extract archive (SFX).
I am aware of this and that. But those doesn't seem to work for SFX scenarios.
While installing, the SFX unpacks and starts a contained program (written by me), that does the…

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WP7: How to Decompress an AES-256 Encrypted Zip File?
I am trying to decompress an AES-256 encrypted zip file on Windows Phones 7 Application.
How can that be accomplished?
Is there anyway to port C++ libraries or so in the current version of WP7?
Any guide would be greatly appreciated.

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ZIPX Compression Method 2048
I have a zipx file that is using compression method 2048. I know that the ZIPX format uses one of four compression methods (LZMA, BZIP2, PPMd, WavPack). The compression method number associated with each of these methods is:
LZMA (14)
BZIP2…

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How do I programmatically check the date of a file in a Zip archive?
Given that I have a zip file called archive.zip that contains a file called customerData, how can I programmatically check the date of the file inside archive.zip? I'm using the command-line Winzip utility wzunzip, but I wouldn't object to possibly…

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WZUNZIP -v "unsupported"
Here's a cmd.exe batchfile and its run results:
@ECHO OFF
SETLOCAL
SET "w=&echo."
FOR /f "delims=" %%i IN (%~f0) DO ECHO(%%i
ver%w%
ECHO(%PATH:;=&ECHO(%%w%
DIR *.zip%w%
DIR /s \wzunzip.exe \wzcline*.dll%w%
wzunzip -v ancient%w%
wzunzip -v…

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Applescript or Automator command to .zipx a folder in WinZip Mac
I'm trying to use Hazel automate a process in which I currently manually zip a completed project folder with WinZip Mac into .zipx format, then transfer it to an Archive folder on my NAS. I know there's an archive function built in, but the .zipx…

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Does an .exe file size affect if its icon is shown?
I have a large cluster of files that I'm trying to pack into a single self-extracting executable and have so far been able to accomplish this with both Installshield 10.5 and Winzip Self-Extractor 4.0, however I cannot get the icon to appear for the…
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Winzip hanging up in scheduled task batch file
I have a simple batch file as seen below that should extract a zip file to the root of E:. The zip file is valid and I can run the batch file from the command line just fine.
Instead of completing the task, it continues to inform me that the Status…

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How can I pass a path in PowerShell, I am getting an error that I can't figure out
This is one of my first powershell scripts and I can't make it work. I can't pass "c:\" as a destination folder.
My script:
$sourceFolder = "C:\Temp"
$winZipExe = "C:\Program Files\WinZip\WZUNZIP.EXE"
$destinationFolder = "c:\"
$passwordCommand
#…

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Winzip command line - Include full path information
How do I use winzip command line with include full path information ? I know I can do this under Winzip GUI but how to do it using cmd ? Also, is there a way to zip selected specific folders only ? Thanks
Tried GUI and it is working very slow
Winzip…

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Winzip process unable to zip the file from .net application
We have a .NET application for zipping the file automatically using winzip (winzip32.exe) as a process .The process is similar to zipping a file using winzip from command line.
We have configured a scheduler to run this application every day and it…

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ZipFile API throws error when opening file
"zipfile" throws an error for ExtractToDirectory and all other functions when extracting files of huge size (> 1GB).
Error: Number of entries expected in End Of Central Directory does not correspond to number of entries in Central Directory.'
string…

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How to open WinZip password protected archive?
I know decryption is an expansive world which I'm a novice in, but I have a WinZip file I can open in WinZip with the known password easily through the WinZip UI.
However, supplying the same password, I cannot open it in Python. I suspect the…

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