Table of Contents
- Overview
- Supported formats
- Basics
- How to install or uninstall
- How to set up file associations
- How to open an archive or disk image
- How to open a self-extracting (SFX) archive
- How to extract an archive or disk image
- How to create a new archive
- How to create a self-extracting archive
- How to create 7Z self-extracting archive
- How to create RAR self-extracting archive
- How to create an encrypted archive
- How to create a multi-volume archive
- How to create and use packing profiles
- How to add, update or remove files in an archive
- How to view archive’s properties
- How to set up a password
- Checksums
- Integration with plug-ins
- How to view installed plug-ins
- How to install new WCX plug-ins
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Supported formats
TC4Shell supports a broad range of archive formats and disk images, including those that you will probably never come across:
Archives
File type | Extensions | Decompression | Compression |
7Z archive | 7z, 7zip, cb7 | | |
ZIP archive | zip, zipx, apk, cbz, ear, epub, jar, smzip, war, xpi, zab | | |
RAR archive | rar, cbr | | 1 |
CAB archive | cab, onepkg | | |
SQX archive | sqx | | |
TAR archive | tar, cbt | | |
GZIP archive | gz, gzip, tgz, dz | | |
BZIP2 archive | bz2, bzip2, tb2, tbz, tbz2 | | |
XZ archive | xz | | |
LZIP archive | lz, lzip | | |
LZ4 archive | lz4 | | |
LZ5 archive | lz5 | | |
ZSTD archive | zsd, zstd | | |
BROTLI archive | br | | |
ASAR archive | asar | | |
AR archive | a, ar, deb, udeb | | |
ARJ archive | arj | | |
CPIO archive | cpio, pax | | |
LZH archive | lha, lhz | | |
LZMA archive | lzma | | |
LZMA86 archive | lzma86 | | |
MsLZ archive | bi, dl_, ex_, pd_ | | |
RPM archive | rpm | | |
PPMD archive | pmd | | |
XAR archive | xar, xip | | |
Z archive | z | | |
- Provided that WinRAR is installed on the computer
Disk images
File type | Extensions | Decompression | Compression |
ISO disc image | iso | | |
UDF disc image | iso | | |
ECM disc image | emc | | |
NRG disc image | nrg | | |
BIN disc image | cue, bin | | |
MDF disc image | mfs, mdf | | |
ISZ disc image | isz | | |
WIM disk image | wim, swm | | |
APM disk image | toast | | |
CramFS disk image | cramfs | | |
DMG disk image | dmg | | |
EXT disk image | img | | |
FAT disk image | img | | |
GPT disk image | img | | |
HFS disk image | hfs, hfsx | | |
MBR disk image | img | | |
NTFS disk image | img | | |
QCOW disk image | qcow, qcow2, qcow2c | | |
SquashFS disk image | sqsh | | |
VDI disk image | vdi | | |
VHD disk image | vhd | | |
VMDK disk image | vmdk | | |
Forensic disk images
File type | Extensions | Decompression | Compression |
ASR Expert Witness Compression Format | s01 | | |
Encase Image File Format | e01, ex01 | | |
Encase Logical Image File Format | l01, lx01 | | |
Advanced Forensics Format | aff | | |
AccessData FTK Imager Logical Image | ad1 | | |
Mail messages and boxes
File type | Extensions | Decompression | Compression |
MSG mail message | msg (used by Microsoft Office Outlook) | | |
TNEF mail message | winmail.dat, ATT0001.dat (used by Microsoft Office Outlook) | | |
DBX mail box | dbx (used by Outlook Express 5, 6) | | |
MBX mail box | mbx (used by Outlook Express 4) | | |
MBOX mail box | mbox (used by many email clients) | | |
TBB mail box | tbb (used by The Bat!) | | |
PMM mail box | pmm (used by Pegasus Mail) | | |
EMLX mail message | emlx (used by Apple Mail) | | |
BASE64 mail message | eml, nws, mht, mhtml, b64 | | |
XXE mail message | xxe | | |
UUE mail message | uue | | |
Executables
File type | Extensions | Decompression | Compression |
PE executable | exe, dll, efi | | |
ELF executable | elf | | |
IHEX executable | ihex | | |
MachO executable | ppc | | |
MUB executable | dylib, mub, efi | | |
NSIS executable | | | |
TE executable | | | |
UEFIc executable | scap | | |
UEFIf executable | scap | | |
Others
File type | Extensions | Decompression | Compression |
CHM file | chi, chm, chw | | |
Compound file | msi, msp | | |
FLV file | flv | | |
HXS file | hxi, hxr, hxs, hxw | | |
MPO file | mpo | | |
SWF file | swf | | |
Web ARChive file | warc | | |
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