How do I create a Windows XP compressed folder in Winzip?

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When you create a compressed folder in Windows XP it appears to be a standard zip file but it's not. That said WinZip 9.0 (dated 2004) can read it. However the Windows XP compressed folder support can't read a standard WinZip 9.0 created zip file.

I need to create a Zip file which Windows XP compressed file support can read. However I'm having great difficulty locating relevant URLs amongst the many other hits. I don't see anything relevant at the Winzip Knowledge Base.

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 25 '11 at 23:23

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Have you tried to create the zip using Windows XP built-in functionality?

You can find the steps here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/306531

answered Oct 25 '11 at 23:23

Lionel

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 25 '11 at 23:37

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"Compressed Folders" are normal Zip archives. However, Windows XP only supports the DEFLATE compression algorithm, and WinZip 9 appears to be using DEFLATE64 by default.

You could try 7-Zip.

answered Oct 25 '11 at 23:37

grawity

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 25 '11 at 23:27

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Make sure you disable options while zipping listed in this wikipedia article. If you don't use these, Windows should be able to extract WinZIP's zip files.

answered Oct 25 '11 at 23:27

Jens Erat

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How do I create a Windows XP compressed folder in Winzip?

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