Opening a File Inside a Zip File

It is not necessary to unzip a file before you can open it. WinZip® provides the ability to open the file directly from an open Zip file within WinZip. There are three ways you can accomplish this.

  1. Double Click: in the open Zip file, locate the file you want to open. Double click on the file. The file will open up in the associated program as if you had double clicked on the file in Finder.
  2. Open: in the open Zip file, locate the file you want to open. Select Open <filename> from the File menu. The file will open up in the associated program as if you had selected open for the file in Finder.
  3. Open With: in the open Zip file, locate the file you want to open. From the File menu, select Open With and then an alternate program from the list of possible programs. The file will be opened by the selected program.

The open file is a temporary copy and will be deleted by WinZip when you close the Zip file. If you've made changes to the open file and wish to save the changes, you will need to save the changed file before you close the Zip file.

Note: these methods to open a file will also work in the Files pane. Any changes to a file will be to the original file, not a temporary file.