Unzipping a zip file

[go2guy]

I downloaded MS Office using Limewire PRO on my newer computer earlier today and successfully extracted the file but it ask me after that what program am I going to use to open up the file??? I tried several different programs and it wouldn't open. Should I download a different type of file or what could I possibly be doing wrong?

 

[TTinCO]

Just get the free version of Winzip at www.winzip.com

 

[go2guy]

Still not working I installed Winzip and it even ran as if it was unzipping the file but when I click on the icon after it was done, it was asking me the same question as before: open up file with option. I put in Winzip and it still doesn't work.

 

[TTinCO]

Wow....never heard of that before. If it's nothing personal, you can email it to me at TTinCO @therx.com & I'd think that I'd be able to unzip it & send you back the unzipped files.

Interesting situation......I'm a little suspicious of the file maybe being a virus, but that's just a guess.

 

[go2guy]

TT, I tried to email the attachment last night but I got a message stating that it was too large. So just to make sure it's nothing I'm doing wrong. I downloaded the zip file. Used WinZip to unzip the file. After it is unzip I should be able to use the program and it shouldn't be asking me "open up with what program"

 

[1cheater]

Did you scan the file for viruses?


If I were you I would scan the file and do a full system scan on your PC... I would then (if no virus) Get rid of all the files that you d/l'd and try another source from Limewire , sounds like some files or somthing is missing from your d/l or just a bad d/l...

 

[TTinCO]

G2G, open winzip & then search for the file within Winzip & try opening it. It doesn't make any sense, but it doesn't sound like zip files got associated with Winzip when it was installed.

 

[honzie]

Even if Winzip is not the associated app for your .zip files it should still be able to open that file or any other compressed file. Sounds like you have a corrupt file... take previous advice and try to download file again, probably by another means or or site location. Are you sure it is not asking for a password or key# of some sorts? I have seen this b4 meaning that it will not begin the actual extraction process til it gets password verification.

 

[BaseballGuy]

Most likely is an RAR file.

For which you will need a program that can extract the RAR to decode the files.

Do a search on google for RAR program.