How to Open a DIZ File

A “Description in Zip,” or DIZ file is a small plain text file that describes the contents or files within a ZIP archive. In most cases, a DIZ file can be opened using your computer’s default text editor program, such as Notepad in Windows or TextEdit on Mac OS X.

Method 1
Method 1 of 2:
Opening a DIZ File in Windows

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    Double-click on the DIZ file you want opened. Windows will open the file using your default text editor program.
    • If Windows doesn’t open the DIZ file automatically, select the option to open the DIZ file using any of the following applications: Microsoft Notepad, Notepad2, Microsoft WordPad, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Write.[1]
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Method 2
Method 2 of 2:
Opening a DIZ File on Mac OS X

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    Double-click on the DIZ file you want opened. Your Mac computer will open the file using Apple TextEdit.
    • If the DIZ file doesn’t open using TextEdit, download and install Bare Bones TextWrangler, which is a free, third-party text editor program for Mac OS X.[2]

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References

  1. ↑ http://www.reviversoft.com/file-extensions/diz
  2. ↑ http://www.openthefile.net/extension/diz
  3. ↑ http://www.openfileguide.com/article/How-to-open-.DIZ-file.html

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