unzipping and even zipping.
in [Windows XP]
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From: mm on 11 Jun 2010 08:18 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). Yet I never hear people reminded anymore to get a zip utility, or any reference to what's good or where to get it. The Help has one reference to zipping a folder, but not a file, and no relevant reference to unzipping.
From: Bickford Schmeckler on 11 Jun 2010 08:45 Spend some time reading this. And, learn how to Google. http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/infopath-help/zip-or-unzip-a-file-HA001127690.aspx?redir=0 "mm" <NOPSAMmm2005(a)bigfoot.com> wrote in message news:ip541657eepdtobveloqfl2hi6lu86eevi(a)4ax.com... : 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). : : Yet I never hear people reminded anymore to get a zip utility, or any : reference to what's good or where to get it. : : The Help has one reference to zipping a folder, but not a file, and no : relevant reference to unzipping.
From: Big_Al on 11 Jun 2010 08:47 mm said this on 6/11/2010 8:18 AM: > 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). > > Yet I never hear people reminded anymore to get a zip utility, or any > reference to what's good or where to get it. > > The Help has one reference to zipping a folder, but not a file, and no > relevant reference to unzipping. Zip/Unzip are a feature of XP Sp3, at least. Not sure it was in the Gold (original) version or not, but it's been there forever in my opinion. XP treats a zip file just like a folder. Double click on it and it opens like a folder and the contents are browsed just like a folder. If you click on a file however you are basically extracting it. I don't use that, I use winrar. Once you install a zip or rar etc utility it bypasses or supersedes XP's zip. 7zip is a free utility if you're having issues. http://www.7-zip.org/
From: Bob I on 11 Jun 2010 08:49 Windows calls Zip files Folders. You simply double click them and they open. mm 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). > > Yet I never hear people reminded anymore to get a zip utility, or any > reference to what's good or where to get it. > > The Help has one reference to zipping a folder, but not a file, and no > relevant reference to unzipping.
From: Tim Slattery on 11 Jun 2010 08:56
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 |