What is the difference between .wim and .zipx?
- Extension
- .wim
- .zipx
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Disk Image
- Compressed
- Developer
- Microsoft
- PKWARE, Inc.
- Description
- 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.
- WinZip, starting with version 12.1, uses the extension .zipx for ZIP files that use compression methods newer than DEFLATE; specifically, methods BZip, LZMA, PPMd, Jpeg and Wavpack. The last 2 are applied to appropriate file types when "Best method" compression is selected.
- MIME Type
- application/x-ms-wim
- application/zip
- Wikipedia
- .wim on Wikipedia
- .zipx on Wikipedia