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Slow unzipping on Windows machines.
Justin Bowen edited this page Jul 12, 2021
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We've heard comments about long unpacking times in Windows. The following advice is based on using a free utility (7-Zip).
Here are some things you can do to speed this up:
- Avoid using the Windows built-in zip utilities by installing 7-Zip (or a similar program). It is significantly faster, supports more archive types, and isn't the cause of inexplicable bugs relating to the built-in zipper.
- Don't do anything else while it is unzipping. Anything else that accesses the disk will slow the unzipping down.
- Remember not all computers are created equal.
- Not all unzipping programs are created equal.