How to attach a VKontakte archive. How to upload an archive to VK: step-by-step instructions and useful tips. Where to find documents
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Before you read this article, look an even easier way to transfer absolutely any files to VKontakte .
VKontakte has a file transfer function, but you can only transfer files with the extensions listed below: .doc, .docx, .xls, .xlsx, .rtf - Text documents. .ppt, .pptx, .pdf, .djvu, .fb2 - Presentations, books. .png, .jpg, .gif, .psd, .ps - Images. .mp3 - Music.
What should you do if you need to transfer a file extension that is not in this list (.exe, .rar, .wav, .avi, etc.). Or, for example, you need to transfer many small files.
The first step is to archive the file(s) that need to be transferred. Then select any picture (in our example “1.jpg”). Move the files to the root of any local disk (this will be a little more convenient).
When preparatory work finished, you need to go to the command line, to do this press “Win + R” (the “Win” button is located between “Ctrl” and “Alt”). In the window that appears, enter “cmd” in the “Open” field and click “OK.”
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After which “ Command line”, in which first you need to specify the path to the folder in which the prepared files are located (in our case, this is the root of the local drive E:). To do this, enter “E:” and press “Enter”.
Then enter the following command: “ copy /b 2.jpg+1.rar new.jpg” and press “Enter”. “copy /b” is the general part, then comes the name of the image file (2.jpg) + the name of the archive file (1.rar) and separated by a space an arbitrary name of the new image (new.jpg).
As a result, it is created new file - “new.jpg”, which can be opened using an archiver (WinRAR, 7-Zip, etc.) Now this picture, with any files inside, can be transferred via VKontakte.
In the case where you need to transfer large or huge files to a friend or several people, then a practical way to transfer files is to transfer them via torrent .
VKontakte is one of the most popular social networks in Russia and some CIS countries. In view of this fact, vk began to be often used as a file sharing service. A huge number of documents and archives are sent through personal messages from user to user.
In today's episode I would like to tell you how to send a file to VK and how to get around some of the difficulties when sending a message.
Overall, VKontakte is a great alternative. e-mail. But we all understand that it is impossible to bypass Mail in this regard.
How to send a document to VK
First of all, let’s configure the display of the “Documents” tab in the left menu panel.
You can do this as follows:
In the upper right corner, click on the icon next to your avatar and select “Settings” from the drop-down list, then click on the clickable line “Customize the display of menu items.”
In the menu item settings block that appears on the screen, select the “Documents” checkbox, then click “Save”.
The “Documents” tab will appear in the left main menu, below:
A window will appear asking you to select a file from your computer. You can also familiarize yourself with the restrictions:
- Maximum size of the uploaded document;
- Supported file types;
- Are copyrights violated?
If everything is in order, then click “Select file”.
An explorer will appear in which among the folders you will find the dock you need, an archive, a picture... Then double-click on the desired file, or make a single click and click “Open”. A window will appear, which I usually don’t linger on. Basically, click “Save.”
Send a document by message
To send a message to a friend along with a document you will need:
Your SMS will be displayed like this (if a picture is sent): 
If an archive is sent, it will be visible to the recipient like this:
How to send an archive to VK? How to avoid mistakes?
Probably most readers know that the archive with zip extension or rar is convenient way collect together several documents or even folders.
Everything would be fine, except for one error that occurs when loading some archives. So, for example, you cannot add an archive to VK that contains executable files, the same “.exe” (extension).
So that you understand what an exe file is, I will show you clearly and tell you a little.
The simplest example: a file that we download and run when installing any program on a computer (antivirus or any other utility).
This is what the exe file looks like.
In order to be launched exe file, saved in one of the archive folders was not an obstacle to downloading, you need to change the archive extension, that is, after the name, write the type not rar or zip, but any other letters.
The archive with the changed extension should load successfully. After downloading, you will not be able to open it. First you need to edit the format to the original one.
Any file without a specific extension will be completely white:
Sometimes the opportunity arises to send a document. Is it possible to do this through Vkontakte correspondence? Yes you can. There are, however, some restrictions. But they can be bypassed. Now I'll show you how to send a file to VK.
How to send a document on VKontakte?
Open your page and go to the "Documents" section. Here click on the button "Add document".
A window will open where the available formats will be listed. It can be text files, archives or animation (see). Click on the "Select file" button.
Find and highlight required file, on your computer's hard drive. Then click the "Open" button.
It will be uploaded to VK. Select its type and add a label (if necessary). Then click the "Save" button.
Now we need to send it via private message (see). Go to the dialog window. Click on the paperclip icon and select “Document” from the menu.
You will see a list of added files. Select the one we downloaded in the previous step. Hover your mouse over it and click “Attach” in the menu.
It will be added to the message. Now send it (see).
For a person, the message will look like this (see).
VKontakte is undoubtedly a very widespread social network where people not only correspond with each other, but also exchange various files. In this regard, many users of this social network Often they encounter a problem when, when trying to attach a file to a message, an error appears with the text “Failed to upload file. The file must not be executable and its size must not exceed 200 MB."
If everything is clear with the file size, then not everyone knows what “The file must not be executable” means.
In this article we will tell you what an executable file is and what to do to bypass this warning.
Executable file - what is it?
An executable file is a file that contains a ready-made set of commands for the computer, which you can immediately load into memory and begin executing.
As a rule, these are files with the extension .exe, .bat, .com.
Also, sometimes VKontakte does not want to download archives in which .exe files are packed, citing the same error.
This is due to security issues, because .exe files are the first most popular in the ranking of susceptibility to virus infection. And in order to somehow reduce the risk of spread computer viruses Through VKontakte, the developers decided to simply prohibit the transfer of the most susceptible file type to each other - the executable file.
How to get around the error?
Bypass this limitation simple enough. You just need to send it to one of the allowed ones, for example .doc, to the recipient and tell him, after downloading the file, to change the extension back to the one that the file had originally.
Changing the file extension
From alternative ways you can mark the download of a file that VKontakte refuses to download to any cloud storage such as Yandex drive or Google drive, and then sending a link to it to the VKontakte addressee.