The zpaq file extension proposes an open standard for highly compressed data. ZPAQ files contain the compression algorithm description. This allows older programs to extract newer files. Use PeaZip to open zpaq files. It is not possible to convert this extension.
ZPAQ is for Windows, Mac and Linux. The files have low popularity. ZPAQ files are considered compressed.
To extract an archive: zpaq extract archive.zpaq. To extract only a directory: zpaq extract backup.zpaq path. Use -until N to select a version. -2 gets the third most recent. Use -to to save extracted files elsewhere. zpaq extract with -all -only “*muppet*” extracts all versions of files with “muppet”.
ZPAQ files describe the compression. So old programs can unpack files from newer ones. Open with PeaZip. Can’t convert to other formats.
ZPAQ has low popularity. The file extension works on major operating systems. The data is compressed. Handle carefully from unknown sources.
It is related to the ZPAQ archiver. See the maker’s site for details. ZPAQ is an archive format.
Associate the extension with software in Windows Registry. Opening unknown files can be difficult. Many contain just text.