Interstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · edit-21 month agoMost many file types are just a renamed .zipmessage-squaremessage-square47fedilinkarrow-up1125arrow-down128
arrow-up197arrow-down1message-squareMost many file types are just a renamed .zipInterstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · edit-21 month agomessage-square47fedilink
minus-squaremumblerfish@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month 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-squarestoy@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·1 month 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-up1·1 month agoAh, right, that is how windows works.
minus-squarecron@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 month 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.