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.LZH File Extension

  • Developer by: win.rar GmbH
  • Category: Archive and compressed Files

What are .LZH files and how to open them?

Can't open .LZH file? Are you wondering what it contains? On our site we will explain to you what this file is, what it is used for and what software opens the .LZH file.

What is a .LZH file extension?

.LZH file extension is created by win.rar GmbH. .LZH has been classified as Archive and compressed Files.

.LZH is LH ARC compressed archive

File extension lzh is used for LHA/LZH Compressed Archive File.

A compression format which started on the Amiga but has migrated to other platforms. The various programs base their algorithms on those developed by Lempel-Ziv.

Files compressed with LHA typically have the extension .lzh but variations abound (lhw, lzs, lzw). LHA was created by Haruyasu Yoshizaki.

It uses the same lz77 algorithm as GZip with a tree data structure plus block-by-block secondary status Huffman coding.

MIME types:
application/octet-stream
application/x-lzh
application/lzh
application/x-lha
application/x-compress
application/x-compressed
application/x-lzh-archive
zz-application/zz-winassoc-lzh
application/maclha


How to open:

Many current archivers can work with LZH format.

How to convert:

You can repack LZH format to different archive format with most current archivers, such as WinRAR or 7-Zip.

How to fix problems with .LZH files

  1. You need to update the application that you normally use to open .LZH files. Only the latest version of the software supports the current .LZH file format
  2. You need to check the .LZH file for viruses. To do this, you need to scan it with a popular antivirus (Norton, Nod32, Kaspersky, Dr.Web, etc.)
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