Interstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · edit-213 hours agoMost many file types are just a renamed .zipmessage-squaremessage-square40fedilinkarrow-up1103arrow-down123
arrow-up180arrow-down1message-squareMost many file types are just a renamed .zipInterstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · edit-213 hours agomessage-square40fedilink
minus-squaremumblerfish@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·15 hours agoI got that from the other answers. I was just very confused why I’d have to rename them to “.zip”. I still don’t get why it is “most” files.
minus-squarestoylinkfedilinkarrow-up3·6 hours agoYou don’t have to rename them, doing so would just make windows default to using the builtin zip extractor. If you have 7-zip you can just right click the file you wan to explore and try to extract it.
minus-squaremumblerfish@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 hours agoAh, right, that is how windows works.
minus-squarecron@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up7·15 hours agoI don’t think “most” applies here. Text-based files, pdf, media files and most executeable files are not .zip.
I got that from the other answers. I was just very confused why I’d have to rename them to “.zip”.
I still don’t get why it is “most” files.
You don’t have to rename them, doing so would just make windows default to using the builtin zip extractor.
If you have 7-zip you can just right click the file you wan to explore and try to extract it.
Ah, right, that is how windows works.
I don’t think “most” applies here. Text-based files, pdf, media files and most executeable files are not .zip.