Re: Creating a zip file
- From: "Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2006 07:09:18 -0700
B.W. wrote:
So exe and jpg cannot be zipped so does that mean everything other
file format can?
No, nobody said that exe and jpg files can't be zipped. *Any* file can be
zipped. The question is whether zipping compresses files. In general zipping
exe and jpg files (and some other types) provides litle, if any, compression
Richard mentioned one reason why you might zip a file that can't be
compressed. I'll mention a couple of others:
1. A zipped file can be password-protected.
2. A zipped file can contain more than one individual file. If you have
several files you want to treat as a single package (for example, the
component files of a an application), it can be very convenient to package
them as a single entity. That makes it easy, for example, to E-mail it to
someone, or to put it on a web site where it can be downloaded by others as
a single file.
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Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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"Richard Urban" <richardurbanREMOVETHIS@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Exe files are already compressed to the max. Zipping them gives you
no further compression to speak of.
The only reason to zip it is to allow it to be sent/read by some
programs that will not allow an .exe file to be transmitted or read
at the receiving end.
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Regards,
Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
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"B.W." <bwaller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (del xxx)> wrote in message
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If I want to send an exe file to someone and it's too big. When I
follow the instructions on creating a zipped file, I seem to end up
with both the zipped and unzipped files the same size. What am I
missing here? Many thanks
B.W.
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