unzipping and even zipping.
in [Windows XP]
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From: mm on 11 Jun 2010 16:13 On Fri, 11 Jun 2010 08:56:30 -0400, Tim Slattery <Slattery_T(a)bls.gov> wrote: >mm <NOPSAMmm2005(a)bigfoot.com> wrote: > >>For unzipping, I've used PKZip or MSZip or PowerDesk (which includes >>an unzipper) but my young friend's laptop has none of these. >> >>Does XP include an unzipper? I can't find one in Windows Explorer, >>except references to PowerDesk (a separate enhanced verions of win >>explorer). > >XP has builtin support for zipped files. They show up in Windows >Explorer as directories. You can create a new one by right-clicking on >the folder you want to create it in, choosing New|Compressed >Directory. (Approximate, because my machine has WinZip installed, and >it overrides SP's default handling of zips.) Thanks to all of you for your help. I would never have guessed this from the Windows Help. I'll have to go back and read it again; maybe I'll learn how to understand MicroSpeak.
From: Bickford Schmeckler on 11 Jun 2010 17:22 : Thanks to all of you for your help. I would never have guessed this : from the Windows Help. I'll have to go back and read it again; maybe : I'll learn how to understand MicroSpeak. Google is your friend. :
From: Tim Meddick on 11 Jun 2010 17:47 I too have WinZip installed, mainly because of all the other formats that WinZip can handle, whereas Windows only handles [.zip] files. I also have WinRAR installed for the same reason (WinZip doesn't handle RAR archives). But I am careful to "uncheck" the box marked "ZIP" on the files that the application handles in it's installation process (and also "CAB" as well, as I prefer Windows built-in support (cabview) over WinZip's / WinRAR's). If you have installed a third-party archiver application, and would like to go back to Windows handling of [.zip] files, then open the utility you are currently using and in it's "Settings" options for what file-types it handles - "uncheck" the box for "ZIP" files. Then type the following into the "Run" box on the start menu : regsvr32.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\zipfldr.dll ...and you can begin again to use Window's excellent ZIP folder functionality. Plus, you will still be able to open / create ZIP files with WinZip /WinRAR / other archiver. == Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-) "Tim Slattery" <Slattery_T(a)bls.gov> wrote in message news:cfc416p3m55kvlqe984clrlbe7k66bf026(a)4ax.com... > mm <NOPSAMmm2005(a)bigfoot.com> wrote: > >>For unzipping, I've used PKZip or MSZip or PowerDesk (which includes >>an unzipper) but my young friend's laptop has none of these. >> >>Does XP include an unzipper? I can't find one in Windows Explorer, >>except references to PowerDesk (a separate enhanced verions of win >>explorer). > > XP has builtin support for zipped files. They show up in Windows > Explorer as directories. You can create a new one by right-clicking on > the folder you want to create it in, choosing New|Compressed > Directory. (Approximate, because my machine has WinZip installed, and > it overrides SP's default handling of zips.) > > -- > Tim Slattery > Slattery_T(a)bls.gov > http://members.cox.net/slatteryt
From: Mike S on 11 Jun 2010 18:40 On 6/11/2010 2:47 PM, Tim Meddick wrote: > I too have WinZip installed, mainly because of all the other formats > that WinZip can handle, whereas Windows only handles [.zip] files. > > I also have WinRAR installed for the same reason (WinZip doesn't handle > RAR archives). > > But I am careful to "uncheck" the box marked "ZIP" on the files that the > application handles in it's installation process (and also "CAB" as > well, as I prefer Windows built-in support (cabview) over WinZip's / > WinRAR's). > > If you have installed a third-party archiver application, and would like > to go back to Windows handling of [.zip] files, then open the utility > you are currently using and in it's "Settings" options for what > file-types it handles - "uncheck" the box for "ZIP" files. > > Then type the following into the "Run" box on the start menu : > > regsvr32.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\zipfldr.dll > > > ..and you can begin again to use Window's excellent ZIP folder > functionality. > > Plus, you will still be able to open / create ZIP files with WinZip > /WinRAR / other archiver. > > == > > Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-) > > > > > "Tim Slattery" <Slattery_T(a)bls.gov> wrote in message > news:cfc416p3m55kvlqe984clrlbe7k66bf026(a)4ax.com... >> mm <NOPSAMmm2005(a)bigfoot.com> wrote: >> >>> For unzipping, I've used PKZip or MSZip or PowerDesk (which includes >>> an unzipper) but my young friend's laptop has none of these. >>> >>> Does XP include an unzipper? I can't find one in Windows Explorer, >>> except references to PowerDesk (a separate enhanced verions of win >>> explorer). >> >> XP has builtin support for zipped files. They show up in Windows >> Explorer as directories. You can create a new one by right-clicking on >> the folder you want to create it in, choosing New|Compressed >> Directory. (Approximate, because my machine has WinZip installed, and >> it overrides SP's default handling of zips.) >> >> -- >> Tim Slattery >> Slattery_T(a)bls.gov >> http://members.cox.net/slatteryt > I like IZArc, it supports dozens of compression types, has a great intuitive GUI, and it's freeware. If you want to give it a try uninstall Winzip and WinRAR and then install IZarc, let it associate the default compressed file types that it suggests, and you won't have any more trouble understanding what files exist within a zip file, which is not a folder to my way of thinking - this confused me too when I first saw it. I don't know what they were thinking, I like handling files manually, calling a file a folder is just unnecessary confusion in my book. Mike
From: Eddie on 15 Jun 2010 07:42
mm wrote: > On Fri, 11 Jun 2010 08:56:30 -0400, Tim Slattery <Slattery_T(a)bls.gov> > wrote: > >> mm <NOPSAMmm2005(a)bigfoot.com> wrote: >> >>> For unzipping, I've used PKZip or MSZip or PowerDesk (which includes >>> an unzipper) but my young friend's laptop has none of these. >>> >>> Does XP include an unzipper? I can't find one in Windows Explorer, >>> except references to PowerDesk (a separate enhanced verions of win >>> explorer). >> XP has builtin support for zipped files. They show up in Windows >> Explorer as directories. You can create a new one by right-clicking on >> the folder you want to create it in, choosing New|Compressed >> Directory. (Approximate, because my machine has WinZip installed, and >> it overrides SP's default handling of zips.) > > Thanks to all of you for your help. I would never have guessed this > from the Windows Help. I'll have to go back and read it again; maybe > I'll learn how to understand MicroSpeak. > ------- Do yourself a favour and go fetch WinRar from the link BigAl gave you; your right-click context menu will have lots of options after you have installed WinRar. (ps, you'll soon get the hang of it.) Ed |