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Nov 4th, 2006 at 12:10am

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that actually works. Everytime I see one that I think will do the trick, it comes over as a zipped file. Where's the sense in that?! Does XP Home have one in it? I am loathe to spend $30 for WinZip if I can get one free somewhere...
 
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Reply #1 - Nov 4th, 2006 at 12:14am

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XP has one that will unzip most files if its in lets say a .rar format you can use http://www.7-zip.org/
 
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Reply #2 - Nov 4th, 2006 at 1:06am

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I use Winrar, very fast and easy to use.

You can get it here:

http://www.download.com/3120-20_4-0.html?tg=dl-2001&qt=winrar&tag=srch

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Reply #3 - Nov 4th, 2006 at 2:35am

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I use WinRar, so far it works great. Strange that a zip utility would download as a .ZIP file. I've never experienced that.
 
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Reply #4 - Nov 4th, 2006 at 4:55am

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Been using this for a long time and is the best I have found yet.

http://www.izarc.org/
 
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Reply #5 - Nov 4th, 2006 at 5:15am

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If like most people you only use it for extracting downloaded zipfiles you don't need a separate utility. The WinXP onboard Compressed (zipped) Folders utility should do all you want. This treats zipped files like ordinary folders so you don't even need to extract them.
 
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Reply #6 - Nov 4th, 2006 at 6:45am

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Reply #7 - Nov 4th, 2006 at 7:51am

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You don't have to pay for winzip ........ you can continue to use the evaluation as long as you want.
 
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Reply #8 - Nov 4th, 2006 at 7:53am

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Quote:
You don't have to pay for winzip ........ you can continue to use the evaluation as long as you want.

Undecided I don't think that's been the case since WinZip 9.
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Reply #9 - Nov 4th, 2006 at 8:50am
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Re: I need a free unzipper...


They are never free.. the cheap ones get at least 50-100 bucks but the better ones go for 1000 and are much better at it.  Grin
 
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Reply #10 - Nov 4th, 2006 at 9:57am

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eno,

When I click on something to unzip it, the WinZip thing comes up, counts off the days I've had it (about 200, now) and how many files I've extracted (455), then says I can buy good karma for $30 and really good karma for 50. I can get no further...
 
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Reply #11 - Nov 4th, 2006 at 9:59am

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Quote:
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When I click on something to unzip it, the WinZip thing comes up, counts off the days I've had it (about 200, now) and how many files I've extracted (455), then says I can buy good karma for $30 and really good karma for 50. I can get no further...

Uninstall winzip and use the XP default one. It'll open everything I've come across except .rar files.
 
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Reply #12 - Nov 4th, 2006 at 2:10pm
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You don't have to pay for winzip ........ you can continue to use the evaluation as long as you want.


You can still do that with WinRAR. WinZIP sucks, it costs $30, but won't open RAR files.

7-Zip and IZArc are free and good.

PowerArchiver 2006 has lots of features for $20. CNET gave it 5 stars. It has been around for years, just not as popular.

http://www.powerarchiver.com
 
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Reply #13 - Nov 4th, 2006 at 7:58pm

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Have a look at http://zipgenius.altervista.org/zg6/help/index.htm

The freeware program offered there works very well. I use it all the time to unzip FS files.

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Reply #14 - Nov 5th, 2006 at 2:40am

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This is all you will ever need. Free. It will do as may files at once as
you can load in it.

I have used it for years. Never looked back.

http://www.extractnow.com/

This in in the same class as Irfanview and FSscreen. 

Always remember, the best things in life are free.
 
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