InstallShield Z
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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. | + | '''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 | + | It uses [[PKWARE DCL Implode]] compression. |
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Revision as of 17:10, 11 June 2022
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 PKWARE DCL Implode compression.
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Identification
Files begin with bytes 13 5D 65 8C 3A 01 02 00.
See also
- InstallShield CAB (successor format)
- InstallShield installer archive
Software
- Universal Extractor
- InstallShield File Compressor: Official compressor/decompressor utility (Windows command-line). Several different versions of it can be found on the internet (as icomp.zip, icompx.zip, icomp95.zip, ...). Included with Universal Extractor.
- Open source InstallShield v3 extractor (C++)
- Open source InstallShield v3 extractor (Pascal & Assembly)
- Free implementation of PKware "explode" algorithm (C)
- isextract
