What compression formats does Windows use?

Answer by  DM (228)

To compress collections of files, Windows typically uses ZIP compression, a popular and easy-to-manage format. That said, many file types are inherently compressed (MPEG, MP3, JPEG) and Windows can manage them easily as well. Third party software can help you manage a number of additional formats, including RAR, CUE, and others.

Answer by  Abed (51)

several formats are used in windows like .zip is The most widely used compression format for windows .rar A proprietary archive format, second in popularity to .zip files .dar an open source format can be used in multiple platforms

Answer by  Heffer (122)

There are many different compression formats Windows uses. Some of the most common ones are .zip which can be opened with WinZip, .WMV files which are used for video compression, NTFS compression is available to compress volumes of information, also. .rar is another common compression file which is very similar to .zip.

Answer by  Taylor (863)

In Audio, WMA is the standard, in video, MPG Layer 2 is the standard, and in file compression. ZIP was added in Windows XP.

Answer by  PowerIsMe (844)

For pictures - PNG, JPEG, GIF; for video - WMV, MPEG etc; In general the formats depend on the data that you are looking at. But Windows can generate ZIP-files.

Answer by  trigonometry (668)

Modern windows version natively support files with ZIP compression. They show up as "compressed folders". Anyway, you can easily find free software for other compression formats, such as gzip, bzip or rar.

Answer by  alonadeocadez (45)

You can use NTFS compression to compress individual files, folders, & NTFS volume. To compress an NTFS volume: Click Start, next My Computer. Right-click the volume you want to compress, and then click Properties. On the General tab, click to select the Compress Volume to save disk space check box, then click OK. In Confirm Attribute Changes, choose your option.

Answer by  Sumathi78 (29)

Windows generally supports two type of compression formats. They are winzip and winrar. In these winzip is the most popular format most of the windows users are using.

Answer by  DanTycoon (42)

Windows can only use. zip without any external programs. However, with separate programs, Windows can use many more compression formats.

Answer by  Lakshmi65 (715)

The compression format most probably used is ZIP format in the windows environment. WinZip makes it easy for Windows users to work with archives. Zip files compress data and therefore save time.