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'''InstallShield Z''' format is a compressed archive format used by version 3 of the InstallShield installation software. Documentation is lacking but it has been sufficiently decoded by several open source projects.
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'''InstallShield Z''' format is a compressed archive format used by version 3 of the InstallShield installation software. Documentation is lacking but it has been partially decoded and implemented by open source projects.
  
 
It uses the proprietary "implode" compression algorithm by PKware.
 
It uses the proprietary "implode" compression algorithm by PKware.

Revision as of 05:01, 21 February 2019

File Format
Name InstallShield Z
Ontology
Extension(s) .z

InstallShield Z format is a compressed archive format used by version 3 of the InstallShield installation software. Documentation is lacking but it has been partially decoded and implemented by open source projects.

It uses the proprietary "implode" compression algorithm by PKware.

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Files begin with bytes 13 5D 65 8C 3A 01 02 00.

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