Help!!!! rar and zip files

[jrc1980]

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?

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

How To: Open a Rar file
http://www.tech-pro.net/howto_030b.html

Internet File Support
http://www.winzip.com/wzdifs.htm

Download WinZip Evaluation Version
http://www.winzip.com/downwz.htm

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Microsoft MVP
Windows Desktop Experience -
Windows Vista Enthusiast

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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?

 

[Mike Hall - MVP]

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?

Once unzipped, you have to use the correct application to open them. What is
the file extension of what you have been sent?

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[Dustin Harper]

http://www.rarlabs.com. Download WinRAR and you can open RAR and ZIP files
with no issues. They are just compressed files (the ones you want are inside
of them).

 

[eric roger dos santos]

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?

 

[madeliaette]

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)

 

[Cari \(MS-MVP\)]

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

 

[Stevey]

Use 7-Zip www.7-zip.org

 

[madeliaette]

Thanks - I will try that one!!

 

[Khufu]

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

 

[Khufu]

Thank You,

For providing the link to 7-zip!, I have struggled to open zip files on
several occasions and it usually crashes VISTA. The screen starts flashing
on and off rapidly and the only think you can do is log off. I am not very
computer literate but it seems to me that Vista should come with a program to
zip and unzip files since they are widely used. Their online instructions
tell you to right click and their will be an option to extract files, but
their is no such option.