A 7z.001 file extension is related to 7-Zip compression utility. A 7z.001 file stores first part of multi-volume 7-ZIP compressed file archive.

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Software that open 7z.001 file

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7Z.001 file extension - Split Multi-volume 7-ZIP compressed file archive (part 1)

What is 7z.001 file? How to open 7z.001 files?

File type specification:

Archive and compressed file type icon Archive and compressed file type

7z.001 file icon: 7z.001 filetype icon

File extension 7z.001 is associated with 7-Zip. Its one part of a multi-volume compressed 7-ZIP archive. The extension is actually only 001, the 7z is added to the file name of the archive file to distinguish it as 7z multi-volume compressed file archive.

Note, that 7-ZIP executable archives cannot be made as multi volume archives. The SFX 7-ZIP archive has the common exe file extension.

In order to unpack the multi-volume 7-ZIP archive, you need to place ALL of the split parts in the same directory and start extraction of this (first) volume. The program will automatically use all of the parts to extract the content of the archive.

Updated: November 20, 2023

The default software associated to open 7z.001 file:

7-zip icon

Igor Pavlov logo7-zip  Microsoft Windows software

Company or developer:
Igor Pavlov

A free file archiver developed by Igor Pavlov featuring higher compression ratios with LZMA and LZMA2 compression.

It is mainly available for Windows platform (for Mac and Linux are available command line tools) and is the primary program to handle 7z archives. However, also supports various compression file formats.

Supported formats:

Packing / unpacking: 7z, XZ, BZIP2, GZIP, TAR, ZIP and WIM

Unpacking only: AR, ARJ, CAB, CHM, CPIO, CramFS, DMG, EXT, FAT, GPT, HFS, IHEX, ISO, LZH, LZMA, MBR, MSI, NSIS, NTFS, QCOW2, RAR, RPM, SquashFS, UDF, UEFI, VDI, VHD, VMDK, WIM, XAR and Z

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Help how to open:

The .7z.001 (e.g. Avatar.7z.001 file) file is only one part of 7-ZIP multi-volume archive. If you want to extract this file, you must have all parts of the 7-ZIP multi-volume archive.

Open the first part of 7-ZIP (e.g Avatar.7z.001 file) multi-volume archive in 7-Zip application and extract files from the 7-ZIP multi-volume archive.

How to convert:

It is not possible to convert only one part of 7-ZIP multi-volume archive. Only complete 7-ZIP archive can be converted in to another archive or compression format.

The easiest way how to convert complete 7-ZIP multi-volume archive is to decompress the 7-ZIP archive with the use of Z-Zip and repack the content with another compression or archive application of your choice.

Find conversions from 7z.001 file:

7z.001 to 7z

7z.001 to rar

7z.001 to zip

List of software applications associated to the .7z.001 file extension

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and possible program actions that can be done with the file: like open 7z.001 file, edit 7z.001 file, convert 7z.001 file, view 7z.001 file, play 7z.001 file etc. (if exist software for corresponding action in File-Extensions.org's database).

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Software that open 7z.001 file - Split Multi-volume 7-ZIP compressed file archive (part 1)

Programs supporting the exension 7z.001 on the main platforms Windows, Mac, Linux or mobile. Click on the link to get more information about listed programs for open 7z.001 file action.

Microsoft Windows:

Main software associated with 7z.001 file by default:
7-zip small icon 7-zip
Other suggested software:
WinRAR small icon WinRAR

Linux/Unix:

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