Some ZIP files may have a file name with a different file extension before the final "zip" extension. Just keep in mind, like with any type of file, it's always the very last extension that ...

Both programs use the basic .zip file extension to designate both secure and standard files. The upshot? People who receive a file with .zip now won't know until they try to open it whether it's ...

This will create a separate file of the original item with a .zip extension. If you’re compressing a folder, it’ll retain the name of the original file with .zip at the end.

Both programs use the basic .zip file extension to designate both secure and standard files. The upshot? People who receive a file with .zip now won't know until they try to open it whether it's ...

The upshot has been that secure files created with one program can't be opened by another, even though they use the same .zip file extension as unencrypted files.

With 7-Zip, you can create archives with .7z, .wim, .tar and .zip file extensions. 7-Zip can also open archives with many more extensions.

PKWare and WinZip, two makers of file compression software, settle a security spat that made some files in the popular Zip format incompatible. Written by David Becker, Contributor Jan. 22, 2004 ...