LanguageC04
Split Multi-volume ACE compressed file archive
File type: Archive and compressed file
Files with c04 file extension can be found as one part of large split ACE compressed archive.
What is c04 file?
File type category:
Archive and compressed file
Date updated: July 19, 2025
The c04 file extension is associated with WinACE. Its one part of a multi-volume compressed ACE archive.
ACE is the native format of WinACE archiver. In WinACE you can split a huge archive to a few smaller files, which are called volumes.
WinACE uses this split file sequence for multi-volume archives:
- .ace or exe (SFX) for first volume
- .c01, c02, c03 ....etc. for any additional volumes
The ace file extension is used for the native format of WinACE archiver. WinAce is not just another archiving shell. With it's own powerful compression format ACE and built-in support for other popular compression types like ZIP, RAR and MS-CAB (to name a few), WinAce could actually become the only archiver you need.
In order to unpack the multi-volume ACE archive, you need to place ALL of the split parts in the same directory and start extraction of the first volume. The program will automatically use all of the parts to extract the content of the archive.
How to open c04 file?
A *.c04 file is only one part of WinACE split compressed archive. If you want to extract this file, you must have all parts of the WinACE split compressed archive. Open the first part of WinACE (*.ace file) split compressed archive in WinACE application and extract files from WinACE split compressed archive.
How to convert c04 file?
It is not possible to convert only one part of ACE multi-volume archive. Only complete ACE archive can be converted in to another archive or compression format. The easiest way how to convert complete ACE multi-volume archive is to decompress the ACE archive with the use of WinACE and repack the content with another compression or archive application of your choice.
Associated software actions with the c04 file
Software applications that can open c04 files:
WinACE Archiver (Microsoft Windows)
WinRAR (Microsoft Windows)
7-zip (Microsoft Windows)
The Unarchiver (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Xarchiver (Linux/Unix)
Software apps that create c04 files:
WinACE Archiver (Microsoft Windows)
Software apps that extract c04 files:
WinACE Archiver (Microsoft Windows)
WinRAR (Microsoft Windows)
7-zip (Microsoft Windows)
The Unarchiver (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Xarchiver (Linux/Unix)