What is the difference between .lzh and .wim?
- Extension
- .lzh
- .wim
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Compressed
- Disk Image
- Developer
- Haruyasu Yoshizaki
- Microsoft
- Description
- An LHA compressed file format that uses the Lempel-Ziv compression algorithm. It began on the Amiga platform but has since grown to be used in other platforms. It is very similar to Gzip as the same lz77 compression codec is applied.
- It is a file-based disk image format created by Microsoft for its latest Windows OS releases, Windows Server 2008 and the Windows Vista. Windows Imaging Format (wim), is used for the standard installation method of the OS.
- MIME Type
- application/x-lzh-compressed
- application/x-ms-wim
- Wikipedia
- .lzh on Wikipedia
- .wim on Wikipedia