Need to open a LZH file?

What is a LZH file?

LZH file extension represents a file format used for file archive compression. The Lempel-Ziv and Haruyasu algorithm is the base of this file format, hence the extension was derived as LZH (Lempel-Ziv and Haruyasu). This file format is almost similar with the other file compression formats like ZIP, RAR etc, in their purpose which is to twofold the files to reduce size and holding them together. LZH files are only popular in Japan and commonly used for compressing video game data. The Japanese versions of Windows have native support for LZH files but if you intend to use them in regular Windows PC, you will need tools like Winzip.

How to open LZH files

1. Save the .lzh file to the desktop. If your compressed file was downloaded from a website, it may be saved in the Downloads folder in your Documents or user directory.
2. Launch WinZip from your start menu or Desktop shortcut. Open the compressed file by clicking File > Open. If your system has the compressed file extension associated with WinZip program, just double-click on the file.
3. Select all the files and folders inside the compressed file. Or multi-select only the files or folders you want to open by holding the CTRL key and left-clicking on them.
4. Click 1-click Unzip and choose Unzip to PC or Cloud in the WinZip toolbar under the Unzip/Share tab.
5. Choose the destination folder to place the extracting files and click "Unzip" button.
6. Find your extracted files in the destination folder.

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