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What is a ZZZ file? File created by CCleaner, a utility used for optimizing computers by removing unused programs and files; stores a deleted file that has been securely wiped, which enables greater security since the original filename no longer exists; uses the filename ZZZZZZZZ.ZZZ .

More Information ZZZ files use names that associate their data with another file type. For example, "\Data\Citadel\engine\movement_l3d.zzz" is associated with the .L3D file type. NOTE: Lionhead Studios Black & White has been discontinued.

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DeveloperLionhead Studios
Popularity3.4 | 21 Votes

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.ZZZ File Extension

2 file types use the .zzz file extension.

CCleaner Securely Deleted File

DeveloperPiriform
Popularity
3.5  |  76 Votes
 

What is a ZZZ file?

File created by CCleaner, a utility used for optimizing computers by removing unused programs and files; stores a deleted file that has been securely wiped, which enables greater security since the original filename no longer exists; uses the filename ZZZZZZZZ.ZZZ .

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Programs that open or reference ZZZ files

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Category: Misc Files

Updated: April 16, 2012

Black & White Game Data File

DeveloperLionhead Studios
Popularity
3.4  |  21 Votes
 

Data file used by Black and White, a strategy game released by Lionhead Studios in 2001 where players act as gods and control villages and creatures; stores various kinds of data for the game.

More Information

ZZZ files use names that associate their data with another file type. For example, "\Data\Citadel\engine\movement_l3d.zzz" is associated with the .L3D file type.

NOTE: Lionhead Studios Black & White has been discontinued.

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Lionhead Studios Black and White

Category: Game Files

Updated: May 11, 2017

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What is a ZZZ file?↓
File created by CCleaner, a utility used for optimizing computers by removing unused programs and files; stores a deleted file that has been securely wiped, which enables greater security since the original filename no longer exists; uses the filename ZZZZZZZZ.ZZZ.

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