Common archives

Files with 002 extension are used by some compression and archive utilities for one part (second) of a split multi-volume archive. In order to extract the content of split archive, you first have to gather all its pieces and start the extraction of the first archive.

An 004 file extension is frequently used for split or compressed multi-volume archives. In order to extract them, you need all volumes in single directory and use appropriate program.

An 006 file extension is frequently used for split or compressed multi-volume archives. In order to extract them, you need all volumes in single directory and use appropriate program.

An 008 file extension is related to several archivers or compression tools, such as WinRAR. An 008 file stores 8 part of a multi-volume archive.

A 010 file extension is used by some compression and archive utilities for 10th part of a split multi-volume archive. In order to extract the content of split archive, you first have to gather all its pieces and start the extraction of the first archive.

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.

A 7z.003 file extension is related to the Split Multi-volume 7-ZIP compressed file archives (part 3).

A 7zip file extension is related to the 7-zip compression file format. A 7zip file stores compressed data archive.

An a01 file extension is related to ARJ archiving utility for MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows operating systems. An a01 file stores one part of a multi-volume ARJ archive.

An a03 file extension is related to the ARJ compression file format. An a03 file contains split multi-volume ARJ compressed file archive (part 5).

An a05 file suffix is related to the ARJ, a compression tool for MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows. An a05 file stores a part of split multi-volume ARJ compressed file archive.

Files with air extension are mainly associated with Adobe AIR runtime and used for Rich Internet Applications. Several Adobe application can work with air files.

Files with arc extension can be typically found as archives compressed using the ARC lossless data compression method, originally created by SAE. 

Files with asec extension are used for Android encrypted application packages. ASEC file format was introduced in Android 2.2 and allows users to move applications on the SD card installed in their Android phone in encrypted format.

Files with bin suffix may also be found as archives in the Macbinary II encoded file format used on Macintosh computers.

Files with c01 extension are mostly archives created and split using the WinACE compression software. A c01 is the second part of a multi-volume ACE archive. You will need all the parts in order to decompress them.

Files with c03 extension might be found as one part of large split compressed ACE archive.

Files with cbr file extension is used for a popular comic e-book format. CBR is basically a rar file that contains several images (usually JPGs) that can opened in comic books viewer as a sequence of screens.

Files with cso extension are in most cases disk images saved in a common disk format for Sony Playstation. Very often used for backups of game disks. CSO format needs a special customized firmware so PSP can read them.

Files with dlc extension can be quite often encountered as download links for JDownloader. Used to create download lists and download several files at once using HTTP protocol.

Files with gzip extension an be usually found as compressed file archives using GNU ZIP tool. Most modern tools can extract these files.

Files with inv extension are mostly related to the Microsoft Windows Update service.

Files with isz extension can be most often encountered as compressed disk image files from the makers of UltraISO. It's a somewhat rare file format and most programs do not support it.

Files with msix extension are Windows app packages in latest Microsoft app package format.

An nbh file extension is used for files that contain ROM upgrade data for HTC smartphones. Used for firmware update purposes.

A part1.exe file extension is related to first part of Split Multi-volume RAR compressed self-extracting file archive.

A part2.rar file extension is related to the WinRAR compression tool for Microsoft Windows. A part2.rar file stores second part of split Multi-volume RAR compressed file archive.

Files with pkg extension can be generally found as archives, installation package and other archives used by various applications across all platforms.

An r01 file extension is traditionally used for older RAR split multi volume archives. A single archive split to many pieces so they could be more easily downloaded / transferred. In the days of floppy disks, this was a pretty common practice. An r01 represents the second part, the first having rar/exe file extension. In order to extract the content of this archive, you first need to put all pieces to single directory and extract the first archive.

An r03 file extension is related to the Split Multi-volume RAR compressed file archives (part 5).

An r05 file extension is related to the WinRAR, a compression tool for Microsoft Windows, Mac and Linux. A r05 file contains a seventh part of split multi-volume RAR compressed file archive (part 7).

An r07 file extension is related to the split Multi-volume RAR compressed file archives (part 9).

An r09 file extension is related to the Split Multi-volume RAR compressed file archive (part 11).

Files with rar extension are compressed archives using RAR or WinRAR compression utilities. Along with the ZIP format, the RAR format is one of the most common formats used and can be extracted by almost every archiving tool.

Files with sis suffix can be most typically found as installation sources for Symbian applications that were designed for Nokia Smartphones. SIS is abbreviation for Symbian Installation Source.

Files with sit extension can be mainly found as compressed archives in special StuffIt Expander archive format. Mostly encountered on Mac platform.

Files with sitx file extension can be most often encountered as compressed archives made using StuffIt archiver advanced compression software developed by Smith Micro Software.

Files with tar.gz extension can be found as Gzip compressed TAR archives. Typical on Unix based operating platforms.

Files with uax extension is used for audio files in games based on Unreal game engine, like Unreal, Unreal Tournament, Unreal II, etc.

Files with webarchive extension are webpage archives that were saved using Safari web browser which uses webarchives to store saved complete web pages including multimedia content, such as videos, sounds, pictures etc for later viewing without connection to Internet.

A z01 file extension is used for the 2.part of multi volume ZIP archive. In order to extract the archive, you will need all its parts. ZIP files can be extracted in most archiving tools.

A z03 file extension is related to the WinZip compression tool for Windows and Mac and used for part 4 of split multi-volume ZIP compressed file archive.

A z05 file extension is related to the WinZip compression tool for Windows and Mac. A z05 file stores 6th part of split multi-volume ZIP compressed file archive.

Files with zip is associated with the WinZip compression tool. ZIP file is compressed archive container that contains archived files, compressed in ZIP compression format. Common archive format that can be extracted with any archiving tool.