RE: Help!!!! rar and zip files

Posted: 01-21-2009, 12:28 AM

madeliaette

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Would winrar be of use to me? I have vista and have downloaded some
compressed files - but when right clicking cannot find the option to unzip
them, only open or open with. i used to have winzip evaluation to help, as I
could not get around this problem - but it has run out and i cannot afford to
buy the full version. would winrar solve this for me if i download this?

(I have not heard of winrar before this thread - but it seems that maybe it
will help)
"eric roger dos santos" wrote:

>
>
> "jrc1980" wrote:
>
> > I ordered some files and they came in rar and zip format. I know nothing
> > about them. I downloaded winrar to read them. I guess I'm not using it
> > right or something. All I get is codes and stuff. I need to open these
> > files so that I can read them in plain english. I want to use these files on
> > my web-site. Any ideas?

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Cari \(MS-MVP\)

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Re: Help!!!! rar and zip files

Posted: 01-21-2009, 02:15 AM

You can try a trial version of WinRar from www.rarlabs.com.
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"madeliaette" <madeliaette@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:764D5C78-0633-41F4-905F-0F1270D6C72F@microsoft.com...

>
> Would winrar be of use to me? I have vista and have downloaded some
> compressed files - but when right clicking cannot find the option to unzip
> them, only open or open with. i used to have winzip evaluation to help, as
> I
> could not get around this problem - but it has run out and i cannot afford
> to
> buy the full version. would winrar solve this for me if i download this?
>
> (I have not heard of winrar before this thread - but it seems that maybe
> it
> will help)
> "eric roger dos santos" wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> "jrc1980" wrote:
>>
>> > I ordered some files and they came in rar and zip format. I know
>> > nothing
>> > about them. I downloaded winrar to read them. I guess I'm not using
>> > it
>> > right or something. All I get is codes and stuff. I need to open
>> > these
>> > files so that I can read them in plain english. I want to use these
>> > files on
>> > my web-site. Any ideas?

DDW

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Re: Help!!!! rar and zip files

Posted: 01-21-2009, 03:51 AM

On Tue, 20 Jan 2009 18:15:13 -0800, "Cari \(MS-MVP\)"
<newsgroups@coribright.com> wrote:

>You can try a trial version of WinRar from www.rarlabs.com.

Or use 7-zip forever (it's free).

http://www.7-zip.org/

It adds itself to explorer's right-click menu, making extracting the
files quite simple.

DDW
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