Uncompressing Files in XP ???

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Tina

Kinda new to xp and too this group...when I download a program that has the
..zip extension I see that xp has it's own uncompressing software and it
uncompressed it...my question is where does it uncompress to??? what
directory name? I'm used to using pkunzip in dos mode in the old operating
system...TIA

Tina
 
Try looking in Documents and Settings\(Username)\Local Settings\Temp

I use WinRAR for ZIP and other archive files, though.
 
Kinda new to xp and too this group...when I download a program that has the
.zip extension I see that xp has it's own uncompressing software and it
uncompressed it...my question is where does it uncompress to??? what
directory name? I'm used to using pkunzip in dos mode in the old operating
system...TIA

Tina
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Typically, unzipped files go to the 'My Documents' folder. You can also
select the location that files will be unzipped to.

Remember, if you lose a file in XP just click Start and then 'Search'
for it. It works!

Good luck
HJS
 
Tina said:
Kinda new to xp and too this group...when I download a program that
has the .zip extension I see that xp has it's own uncompressing
software and it uncompressed it...my question is where does it
uncompress to??? what directory name? I'm used to using pkunzip in
dos mode in the old operating system...TIA
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Windows XP treats zip files as folders. When you double-click a zip file,
you see all the files included within it, just as if it were a real folder.

Where are they really? They aren't actually kept anywhere, but while the zip
file is open, they should be in the temp folder. If you want to keep them,
you should save them somewhere yourself.
 
Ken Blake said:
Windows XP treats zip files as folders. When you double-click a zip file,
you see all the files included within it, just as if it were a real
folder.

Where are they really? They aren't actually kept anywhere, but while the
zip file is open, they should be in the temp folder. If you want to keep
them, you should save them somewhere yourself.
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Thanks ...I finally got one to show it's zipper on the folder on the
desktop...learning curve for xp

Tina
 
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