How to open Split Multi-volume ARJ compressed file archive (part 19) .a17 files
Have you had trouble opening the a17 file on your computer? What are a17 files? We explain what they are and recommend software that we know will open them.
What is a17 file?
Files with a17 extension are used for ARJ software. It is an archive file format.
Split Multi-volume ARJ compressed file archive (part 19) description
The a17 file extension is associated with ARJ. Its one part of a multi-volume compressed ARJ archive.
ARJ is the native format of ARJ archiver. ARJ is a file archiver that compresses files into a disk space saving archive. It is fast, reliable, and has a rich set of features which include Windows 9x, Millenium long filename support, file version management, data damage protection, ANSI escape sequence display handler, configurable command options, multiple volume archives (archives that span diskettes) and much more.
Some ARJ files can be parts of a multi-volume sequences. In ARJ you can split a huge archive to a few smaller files, which are called volumes.
ARJ archiver does use the following sequence:
- .arj for first volume
- .a00, a01, a02 .... etc. for any additional volumes
In order to unpack the multi-volume ARJ archive, you need to place ALL of the split parts in the same directory and start extraction of the first volume (.arj). The program will automatically use all of the parts to extract the content of the archive.
Suggested software to open a17 file
ARJ
Once very popular file archiver for MS-DOS
ARJ32
A command line version of ARJ archiver