freesabaiUnzip with garbled Thai file names
ZIPs made on Thai Windows usually store file names in the old Thai encoding (TIS-620), so on a Mac, a phone or Windows in another language the names come out as garbage. Open the ZIP here to see the right names, save files one by one, or make a new ZIP whose names read right everywhere. In your browser; the file is not sent anywhere.
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How to use it
- Choose the ZIP. The files inside are listed with their names read as Thai.
- If the names still look wrong (a ZIP from Japan or China, say), change "file names are written in" until they read right.
- Press "Save" for single files, or "Make a new ZIP with readable names" for the same ZIP with names stored as UTF-8, which unzip right on any computer.
Good to know
- Ordinary ZIPs (store and deflate) are supported. Password-protected ZIPs, ZIP64 (over 4 GB or more than 65,535 files) and ZIPs split over several files are not, and the tool says so. Not for .rar or .7z.
- Names already flagged as UTF-8, or that read as UTF-8 (ZIPs from Mac and Linux), are always read as UTF-8; the choice only changes names that do not say.
- The browser holds the whole ZIP in memory: above 500 MB you are asked first, above 2 GB it cannot open it, and phones may struggle well before that.
- Every file is checked against its checksum (CRC-32) before saving. The new ZIP keeps the files' dates and times.
- Names that try to leave the folder (such as ../) are made safe, and names that decode the same get a number.
Your files stay on your device
Everything runs in your browser. The ZIP and the files in it are not sent to freesabai's server or anyone else's, and nothing is kept in the browser: close the page and it is gone. The site only counts that this page was opened and how many times a result was saved (never the file name or content; you can turn counting off at the bottom of the site, see the privacy policy).
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Questions and answers
Unzipped files have garbled Thai names, how to fix?
The ZIP was made on Thai Windows, which stores names as TIS-620. Open it here and the Thai names are decoded; save files one by one or make a new ZIP with UTF-8 names.
Can it open a password-protected ZIP?
No. Password-protected ZIPs, ZIP64 over 4 GB and split ZIPs are not supported, and the tool says so clearly. Use a ZIP program on your computer for those.
How is the new ZIP different from the old one?
Every file's content, date and time are the same; only the names are stored as UTF-8 with the flag that says so, so Thai names read right on Windows, Mac or phones.
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