What is the difference between .esd and .tar?
- Extension
- .esd
- .tar
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Disk Image
- Other
- Developer
- Microsoft
- Jean-loup Gailly
- Description
- A file with the ESD file extension is a file downloaded using Microsoft's Electronic Software Download application, so the file itself is called a Windows Electronic Software Download file. It stores an encrypted Windows Imaging Format (.WIM) file.
- Tar archive created by tar, a Unix-based utility used to package files together; contains multiple files stored in an uncompressed format; commonly compressed into a .GZ file using GNU Zip compression.
- MIME Type
- application/vnd.ms-cab-compressed
- application/x-tar
- Sample
- sample.tar
- Wikipedia
- .esd on Wikipedia
- .tar on Wikipedia