Unzipping documents

[NancyC]

Does anyone know why it takes so long to unzip a document? I first used the
native compression system and then tried Winzip 11... and they both took 15
minutes to unzip a 6mb file. That seems ridiculous! I also tried other
zipped files and one even said an hour!

Please help,

TIA

 

[The Dude]

I have the same issue. I downloaded a 600kb zip file and it takes a good
15-20 seconds to extract. I like the build-in extract feature, but yes,
it's ridiculous. I thought it was just me.

 

[ohaya]

Hi,

I just used Info-zip unzip 5.31 (it's an older than current version) on
a 9+ MB file, and it unzipped in a couple of seconds...

This was on a Vista Home Premium system.

http://www.info-zip.org/

Jim

 

[The Dude]

If I were to use a third party program, I would just use WinRAR (as I have
to use a lot of rar files anyway), but for zip files, I would rather just
use the built-in. Would rather not have to open extra programs just to
unzip.

 

[ohaya]

Hi,

FYI, unzip is a command line tool...

Jim

If I were to use a third party program, I would just use WinRAR (as I
have to use a lot of rar files anyway), but for zip files, I would
rather just use the built-in. Would rather not have to open extra
programs just to unzip.