Windows XP and Winzip Files Question

[kraut]

This may be the wrong group to ask this and if so I apologize.

I am running Winzip under XP and every time I DL a .zip file it opens
in Winzip instead of just letting me save it. How and where do I find
setting or whatever to let me just save the .zip files??

TIA

 

[Terry R.]

On 2/25/2010 7:28 AM On a whim, kraut pounded out on the keyboard

This may be the wrong group to ask this and if so I apologize.

I am running Winzip under XP and every time I DL a .zip file it opens
in Winzip instead of just letting me save it. How and where do I find
setting or whatever to let me just save the .zip files??

TIA

You don't mention what version of Winzip, but check the Options within
Winzip. It most likely is there.


Terry R.

 

[ju.c]

Launch "Folder Options" then open the "File Types" tab.
Scroll down to zip, select it then click the "Advanced" button.
Check the box "Confirm open after download".

(WinZIP uses a proprietary algorithm making its zip files
unreadable in most other archiving programs)


ju.c

 

[Nil]

(WinZIP uses a proprietary algorithm making its zip files
unreadable in most other archiving programs)

I've been using Winzip for decades and have never found that to be
true. Where did you get that idea?

 

[ybS2okj]

I've been using Winzip for decades and have never found that to be
true. Where did you get that idea?

He made it up because he has small pen1s and corresponding smaller brain!
He is under the influence of Microsoft Valuable Pigs.

 

[kraut]

The comfirm was / is checked and makes no difference.

Thanks anyways.

Winzip 14 by the way.

 

[Anteaus]

This IS true if the sender sets a password. A total PITA as well, since
unless you run a hex-editor over the file looking for telltale strings you
have no way of knowing what program created the 'zip that isn't a zip' or why
it won't unzip in other progs.

I would recommend 7-Zip or ZipCentral as better, free alternatives.

:

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

(WinZIP uses a proprietary algorithm making its zip files
unreadable in most other archiving programs)

Sorry, but that is *not* correct.

 

[John H Meyers]

I am running Winzip under XP and every time I DL a .zip file it opens
in Winzip instead of just letting me save it. How and where do I find
setting or whatever to let me just save the .zip files??

"How to stop Internet Explorer from opening downloaded Zip files"
http://kb.winzip.com/kb/entry/69/

Notice that, for Windows 7 or Windows Vista,
they say that the only way they know of
is to directly edit the Registry -- a leap backwards, IMO.

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[John H Meyers]

[Can't open zip?] if the sender sets a password.

Any archive in original Zip format and using "Winzip 2.0" encryption
can be decrypted by XP itself (provided you know the password),
or by almost any other program that understands the Zip format,
which is public, standardized, and compatible with many other tools.

The advanced "AES" encryption may or may not be understood by other tools.

Winzip made its format extensions public, and wanted them accepted
as a standard, but I don't know whether there are any conflicts
between Winzip's and PKware's format and feature extensions, for example.

"Old Password protection"
http://kb.winzip.com/kb/entry/45/

"How strong is WinZip's encryption?"
http://kb.winzip.com/kb/entry/80/

"What is AES Encryption?"
http://kb.winzip.com/kb/entry/109/

"Is WinZip compatible with older versions of WinZip and other Zip file utilities?"
http://kb.winzip.com/kb/entry/36/

"Information about the Zip file format"
http://kb.winzip.com/kb/entry/49/

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[duckstandard]

This may be the wrong group to ask this and if so I apologize.

I am running Winzip under XP and every time I DL a .zip file it opens
in Winzip instead of just letting me save it. How and where do I find
setting or whatever to let me just save the .zip files??

TIA

Do you 'save to disk' or 'open with.'

 

[ju.c]

I've received zip files that I could not extract using IZArc, 7-Zip or
WinRAR. In-program test results would be like this:

! file.zip: Unknown method in path\file.ext

I would ask people to re-pack and re-send, but I'd always get the
error.

I solved that by asking for a self extracting archive.

It turns out that they were all created with WinZip.

(PowerArchiver could extract the data just fine)


ju.c

 

[Nil]

I've received zip files that I could not extract using IZArc,
7-Zip or WinRAR. In-program test results would be like this:

! file.zip: Unknown method in path\file.ext

I would ask people to re-pack and re-send, but I'd always get the
error.

I solved that by asking for a self extracting archive.

It turns out that they were all created with WinZip.

(PowerArchiver could extract the data just fine)

I'm skeptical. There are several possible explainations for the error
message, including poorly-chosen options on the creator's end and setup
problems on your end. I've never heard of anyone else having that
problem, and I certainly haven't. If Winzip's files were incompatible
with other archivers, the problem would be widely known.

 

[Toni]

I've been using Winzip for as long as I can remember - probably since it first came out.

I've absolutely never had any problems whatsoever unzipping anything that Winzip is
designed to unzip. Never.

 

[Nil]

I've been using Winzip for as long as I can remember - probably
since it first came out.

I've absolutely never had any problems whatsoever unzipping
anything that Winzip is designed to unzip. Never.

This guy is claiming the opposite, that archive files that Winzip
creates cannot be opened by other programs.

I don't believe it.

 

[Twayne]

In

This guy is claiming the opposite, that archive files that
Winzip creates cannot be opened by other programs.

I don't believe it.

It's entirely possible if they are trying to open files that were zipped
with other than "legacy" format settings in Winzip.
Winzip has other zip formats available, several of which can only be
unzipped with Winzip. You get smaller files, but you also single-source what
can unzip them. You can read about it on their web site. I don't know of any
competition that has yet bothered to keep up with them but I also don't use
the special compression choices; legacy is good enough almost all the time.

For insatnce, it can use AES encryption in addition to zipping, including
passwords, etc.. Zipx and a few other types can't be opened with other apps
quite often, but they are the most compressed settings. And so on. Their web
site does a fair job of explaining things.

Just for grins, I grabbed a copy of the compressed files from Help that
winzip can handle. Ut can't necessarily create them but it can unzip them
:
Zip files
*.zip, *.zipx

LHA archives
*.lha, *.lzh

All archives
*.zip, *.zipx, *.z, *.gz, *.tz, *.taz, *.tgz, *.lha, *.lzh, *.tar,
*.cab, *.wmz, *.yfs, *.wsz, *.rar, *.bz, *.bz2, *.tbz, *.tbz2, *.7z, *.img,
*.iso

Encoded files
*.uu, *.uue, *.xxe,*.bhx, *.b64, *.hqx, *.mim

Archives and .exe files
*.zip, *.zipx, *.z, *.gz, *.tz, *.taz, *.tgz, *.lha, *.lzh, *.tar,
*.cab, *.wmz, *.yfs, *.wsz, *.exe, *.rar, *.bz, *.bz2, *.tbz, *.tbz2, *.7z,
*.img, *.iso

Archives, encoded, and .exe files
*.zip, *.zipx, *.z, *.gz, *.tz, *.taz, *.tgz, *.lha, *.lzh, *.tar,
*.cab, *.wmz, *.yfs, *.wsz, *.exe, *.uu, *.uue, *.xxe, *.bhx, *.b64, *.hqx,
*.mim, *.rar, *.bz, *.bz2, *.tbz, *.tbz2, *.7z, *.img, *.iso

WinZip® job files
*.wjf

All files (*.*)
*.*




HTH,

Twayne`
TH,

Twayne`
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