alphabetical list of extensions

File extension .ZIP

File description

The ZIP file extension is basically a compressed archive file that is utilized to make large files or collections of files manageable and handy.

When a user creates a ZIP file, the data is compressed to reduce the size of the file. Multiple files can be combined together into one ZIP file folder, which makes it easier to email, upload as well as download large volume files. While you open up a file that has the ZIP extension, you can easily extract one file or all of the directory structure. The ZIP file format makes the sharing of files and documents much easier and manageable.

Description of the problem

If you have on your computer a .ZIP file that you cannot open, you are in exactly the same situation as thousands of other people who have similar problems with this or any other unknown file.

There may be several reasons why you cannot open the file with .ZIP extension. Directly on this website you can find a solution of the most common problem with the .ZIP file – that you do not have on your computer the appropriate program to open the file.

Solution

From the list below, select the appropriate program, install it and double click on the icon of a file that did not want to open - the problem with the .ZIP file extension should be solved. However, if this does not happen, go back to the website to learn about other possible causes of the error, which have been described at the bottom of the website.

Other possible reasons why your .ZIP file does not want to open

In addition to the problem described above, i.e. the lack of the appropriate application to support the .ZIP file, there may be several reasons that cause problems with opening and operation of the data format:

1. Incorrect version of the installed application

A quite common problem is the lack of application in the appropriate version. Even if you have an application, with the help of which you should open the .ZIP file, you may have a problem with it because of its version. Perhaps in previous versions the application has not yet supported the .ZIP file, so download the update and check again.

2. Incorrect .ZIP file association with the program

If you have already installed the appropriate application, and it is the correct version, the file may not open correctly, because the operating system does not have information that this program supports the file. So you need to "show" which program the computer should use. To do this:

Right-click the .ZIP file
Go to the "Open with" - then "Choose default program ..."
Locate the appropriate application
Click "OK"

3. The file is corrupt

It also happens that the file you want to open is corrupt and therefore there is no such possibility. In this situation, you should find its different version, or ask a person from whom you got, to send it again.