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The most common choise: Unix compressed archive

How to open Unix compressed archive .z files

z file icon Have you had trouble opening the z file on your computer? What are z files? We explain what they are and recommend software that we know will open them.

What is z file?

A z file extension is related to the Unix compressed archive file format, created with various compression tools for Unix operating system.

Unix compressed archive description

The z file extension is used for compressed archived created in Unix environment.

Unix archives with z file extension are used GNUzip compression format.

MIME types:
application/x-compressed
application/x-compress
application/gzip
application/x-gzip
application/z
application/x-z

Suggested software to open z file

7-zip

Popular open source file archiver with a high compression ratio

There are other Z filename extensions with the same .z suffix

z - InstallShield archive

Files with z file extension are used by InstallShield program. They are used as archive file format for compressed data.

z - Star Wars The Force Unleashed XML game data

A z file extension is related to the Star Wars: The Force Unleashed video game. A z file stores game data.

z - Zero Compiler header

A z file extension is used for Zero Compiler header files.

What file extension actually is?

Simply put, file extensions are the characters after the dot in the computer file name, so for example document-name.pdf has file extension „pdf“. This helps Windows to identify which program should be used to open the file.

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Our database contains a huge list of different file extensions, usually with detailed description and programs that can be used to open or otherwise work with that particular file type.

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