Supported File Types
ZipGenius supports more than 20 types of archives. Some of them can handle compression and extraction, some can just decompress archives and some others can be used in read mode only.
You will see that some file types require an external tool. This means that ZipGenius can’t handle them straight out-of-the-box and you need to download these tools from other sources.
| File Type | External Tool Required? | Extraction | Compression |
| ZIP, CZIP, EXE (ZIP SFX) | No | YES! | YES! |
| JAR, EAR, WAR (Java Archive) | No | YES! | YES! |
| RAR, R**, EXE (RAR SFX), CBR | No | YES! | NO! |
| TAR, TAR.GZ, TAR.BZ2, TAZ, TGZ | No | YES! | YES but can’t update archives |
| ISO, NRG, CMI | No | YES! | NO! |
| OpenOffice / LibreOffice Documents (OD*) | No | YES! | YES! |
| CAB | No | YES! | YES but can’t update archives |
| RPM | No | YES! | YES but can’t update archives |
| DSFZ, BSZ, MSKIN, CBZ, PCV | No | YES! | YES! |
| XPI – Firefox Extension | No | YES! | YES! |
| OpenOffice.org 1.x Documents | No | YES! | YES! |
| ACE, EXE (ACE SFX) | No | YES! | NO! |
| ARJ | Yes! | YES! | NO! |
| LZH, LHA | Yes! | YES! | YES! |
| SQX, YZ1, WAL, WMZ | No | YES! | YES! |
ZipGenius supports more than 20 types of archives. Some of them can handle compression and extraction, some can just decompress archives and some others can be used in read mode only.
You will see that some file types require an external tool. This means that ZipGenius can’t handle them straight out-of-the-box and you need to download these tools from other sources.
| File Type | External Tool Required? | Extraction / Compression |
| ZIP, CZIP, EXE (ZIP SFX) | No | YES! / YES! |
| JAR, EAR, WAR (Java Archive) | No | YES! / YES! |
| RAR, R**, EXE (RAR SFX), CBR | No | YES! / NO! |
| TAR, TAR.GZ, TAR.BZ2, TAZ, TGZ | No | YES! / YES but can’t update archives |
| ISO, NRG, CMI | No | YES! / NO! |
| OpenOffice / LibreOffice Documents (OD*) | No | YES! / YES! |
| CAB | No | YES! / YES but can’t update archives |
| RPM | No | YES! / YES but can’t update archives |
| DSFZ, BSZ, MSKIN, CBZ, PCV | No | YES! / YES! |
| XPI – Firefox Extension | No | YES! / YES! |
| OpenOffice.org 1.x Documents | No | YES! / YES! |
| ACE, EXE (ACE SFX) | No | YES! / NO! |
| ARJ | Yes! | YES! / NO! |
| LZH, LHA | Yes! | YES! / YES! |
| SQX, YZ1, WAL, WMZ | No | YES! / YES! |
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