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Jeff

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Feb 6, 2009, 12:31:36 PM2/6/09
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When my boot drive died I lost WinZip.

Any suggestions for a freeware/shareware Unzip program?

I've tried a couple and the first failed to install and the second (7
zip) only installed the "Free Dolphin Screensaver" which I didn't want,
and not the Unzip program!

Jeff

fang

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Feb 6, 2009, 1:17:52 PM2/6/09
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Jeff wrote:

> When my boot drive died I lost WinZip.

That shouldnt have been a problem if you paid for the copy of WinZip you were using.

> Any suggestions for a freeware/shareware Unzip program?

WinZip, or what comes with the OS.

> I've tried a couple and the first failed to install and the second (7 zip) only installed the "Free Dolphin
> Screensaver" which I didn't want, and not the Unzip program!

If you just want to unzip as you said, both XP and Vista will unzip for free.

There's plenty of others too like WinRAR.


Woody

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Feb 6, 2009, 3:54:28 PM2/6/09
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"Jeff" <dont_...@all.uk> wrote in message
news:1ISdnadsefhk7hHU...@earthlink.com...

My favourite is WinRar (www.rarlab.com). It's a 30-day trial but I actually
bothered to purchase the licence.

Woody


Gordon

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Feb 6, 2009, 5:47:19 PM2/6/09
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Jeff <dont_...@all.uk> wrote in
news:1ISdnadsefhk7hHU...@earthlink.com:

7-zip would have been my recomendation. But Windows does
basic zip/unzip taskes, so unless you are doing some advanced
zip/unzip tasks, you probably don't need anything else.

Gary Heston

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Feb 6, 2009, 7:04:50 PM2/6/09
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In article <1ISdnadsefhk7hHU...@earthlink.com>,

This is what we use at work:

http://www.freedownloadscenter.com/Utilities/Compression_and_Zip_File_Utilities/Arkosoft_FileZip.html

No problems so far.


Gary

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Dave Garland

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Feb 6, 2009, 10:34:45 PM2/6/09
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Gordon wrote:
> 7-zip would have been my recomendation. But Windows does
> basic zip/unzip taskes, so unless you are doing some advanced
> zip/unzip tasks, you probably don't need anything else.

Second the recommendation. 7Z is good and unlike WinZip, 7Z is free
for the download http://www.7-zip.org/ But Windows (XP and later)
does do the basics without an add-on.

Dave

h

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Feb 7, 2009, 9:28:15 AM2/7/09
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> "Jeff" <dont_...@all.uk> wrote in message
> news:1ISdnadsefhk7hHU...@earthlink.com...
>> When my boot drive died I lost WinZip.
>>
>> Any suggestions for a freeware/shareware Unzip program?
>>
>> I've tried a couple and the first failed to install and the second (7
>> zip) only installed the "Free Dolphin Screensaver" which I didn't want,
>> and not the Unzip program!
>>
>> Jeff

Google is your friend. There are TONS of options out there.


Parallax

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Feb 7, 2009, 9:38:16 AM2/7/09
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http://www.techsupportalert.com/best-free-file-archiver-zip-utility.htm

Jeff

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Feb 8, 2009, 12:45:35 AM2/8/09
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Thanks.

I tried Gary Hestons suggestion (jZip) which apparently is 7Zip (from
your link) but with less "bonus" software to opt out of.

So far, works fine.

Thanks to all.

I have some vague memory of just doing this from a command prompt,
that must have been when OS's came on a floppy!

Jeff

Rod Speed

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Feb 8, 2009, 3:25:24 PM2/8/09
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