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Topic: Vista Users - .ZIP Program? |
Chip Fossa
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Posted 18 Apr 2009 11:18 am |
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Does Vista come with a built-in .ZIP program?
I can't seem to find it.
There must be some kind of zip program, because I'm able to open downloaded zip files.
I just installed (30 day trial) PKWare. It used to be free. I sent myself some zipped files, and when I went to open the PKWare zip box, I had to use PKWare. No Vista zip was available as an alternative to take action.
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Chip
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Leroy Riggs
From:
Looney Tunes, R.I.P.
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Posted 18 Apr 2009 2:33 pm
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Chip, this is from the 'Help and Support' option under the Start button.. I think this is what you are looking for. This is for Vista.
Compress and uncompress files (zip files)
Compressed files take up less storage space and can be transferred to other computers more quickly than uncompressed files. You can work with compressed files and folders in the same way that you work with uncompressed files and folders. You can also combine several files into a single compressed folder, making it easier to share a group of files, since you only need to attach one folder to an e‑mail message instead of several files.
To compress a file or folder
Locate the file or folder that you want to compress.
Right-click the file or folder, point to Send To, and then click Compressed (zipped) Folder.
A new compressed folder is created. To rename it, right-click the folder, click Rename, and then type the new name.
To extract files or folders from a compressed folder
Locate the compressed folder that you want to extract files or folders from.
Do one of the following:
To extract a single file or folder, double-click the compressed folder to open it. Then, drag the file or folder from the compressed folder to a new location.
To extract the entire contents of the compressed folder, right-click the folder, click Extract All, and then follow the instructions.
Notes
If you add encrypted files to a compressed folder, the files will be unencrypted when extracted, which might result in unintentional disclosure of personal or sensitive information. For that reason, you should avoid compressing encrypted files.
Some types of files, like JPEG pictures, are already highly compressed. If you compress several JPEG pictures into a folder, the total size of the folder will be about the same as the original collection of pictures because the JPEG file format is compressed to begin with. If you want to make pictures smaller to send in e‑mail, see Send pictures or videos in e‑mail.
If you have already created a compressed folder and you want to add a new file or folder to it, drag the files you want to add to the compressed folder.
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Chip Fossa
From:
Monson, MA, USA (deceased)
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Posted 18 Apr 2009 3:27 pm
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Leroy,
Me and, ah say, me and Yo-Semite wanna thank ya for yo quick and infoam-ative response.
All day long me, ah say, me and Yo-Semite, been tryin' to figuah this thing out.
"That gal reminds me of the road between Dallas and Foht Wohth - no curves".
From the Bahnyahd,
Foghone 
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Chip
Williams U-12 8X5; Keyless; Natural Blonde Laquer. |
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Leroy Riggs
From:
Looney Tunes, R.I.P.
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Posted 18 Apr 2009 3:32 pm
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Glad I could help Chip. |
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Chip Fossa
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Monson, MA, USA (deceased)
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Posted 18 Apr 2009 4:22 pm
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Chip
Williams U-12 8X5; Keyless; Natural Blonde Laquer. |
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Wiz Feinberg
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Mid-Michigan, USA
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John Cipriano
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San Francisco
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Posted 20 Apr 2009 5:05 pm
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Chip, when you double-click on a zip file, Vista should open it as if it were a folder. If not then PKZip messed up your file associations.
To restore the association for a .zip file to the standard built-in support, get to a Run... dialog and type
<code>cmd /c assoc .zip=CompressedFolder</code>
FWIW 7-Zip is my favorite compression/decompression program. It isn't trialware like Winzip, it's open source, it supports RAR (and its native 7z format, which I see used more and more these days), and pretty much does everything that I need it to do without getting in the way. |
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Chip Fossa
From:
Monson, MA, USA (deceased)
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Posted 20 Apr 2009 7:24 pm
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Thanks, Wizardo & John...
I'm OK for now. I haven't had to ZIP or UNZIP (except my mouth) since this thread.
Actually I sent 4 separate
pics. They were so minimal MB-wise for getting through email, that I, just on a whim, chose to bundle them in a ZIP file.
I actually paid a lot of DO-RE-MI when I first got a PC back in 1998, and bought into WINZIP. Back then, I think it cost at least $30, maybe as far as $50.
I told my "computer expert" brother-in-law about this great ZIP program I just bought.
He promptly straightened me out in many ways, at this juxtapostion - basically, you just blew $30-$50 on a program that is FREE (PKWare).
Man, did I feel like, well?, a SHMUCK!!
Yup, I did.
Thanks, guys...
I'm pretty much all set, now.
Cipriano
Oh?, and good doctor Wiz; this post is ready for the trash bin.
"Country" forever...the real stuff!
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