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Anonymous
May 19, 2012
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Exe and .7z Files

  • May 19, 2012
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Downloaded Cs6 .exe and .7z files. What is the .7z file for? It does not appear to be an extract file, so I'm not sure what to do with it.

Any help is greatly appreciated!!

2Wheeler%

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Dave Merchant
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May 19, 2012

The EXE file is the installer 'bootstrap' utility, and the 7Z file contains the software package itself (the resources and the full installation program). You don't need to do anything with the 7Z file, as the bootstrap will unpack it automatically. It's used instead of ZIP because the 7ZIP compression is more efficient for the type of files being downloaded.

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Anonymous
May 19, 2012

Thank you for clearing that up!!!

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