# Creating a zip export manually

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/creating-a-zip-export-manually/103600>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [March 12, 2025, 8:49pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/creating-a-zip-export-manually/103600 "2025-03-12T20:49:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![indra.biswas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3bc359/32.png) [@indra.biswas](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/indra.biswas)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2025, 8:49pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/creating-a-zip-export-manually/103600/1 "2025-03-12T20:49:17Z")

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I noticed I can extract project resources from a gwbk file by renaming it to a zip file. Is it possible to extract windows from there and zip them using WIndows zip, so they can be imported into an existing Ignition project ? i tried just extracting windows and zipping them using Windows zip. When I try to import them it puts them in some unknown location

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/3/5/3578d1b01db1e7113137083647fa744be6660270.png)

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**Author:** ![indra.biswas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3bc359/32.png) [@indra.biswas](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/indra.biswas)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2025, 8:54pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/creating-a-zip-export-manually/103600/2 "2025-03-12T20:54:24Z")

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nvm got it, was zipping at the folder level. should zip these two files

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/d/4/d48f81845f1e47baf044df3d5c7cd0ed69a35150.png)

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**Author:** ![paul-griffith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/paul-griffith/32/37249_2.png) [@paul-griffith](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/paul-griffith)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2025, 2:40pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/creating-a-zip-export-manually/103600/3 "2025-03-13T14:40:43Z")

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[Kindling](https://github.com/inductiveautomation/kindling) can also be used to graphically inspect a .gwbk and export individual projects.