Why so many Winzip folders?

[Dave Patrick]

Not really an operating system issue. Possibly try here.
http://www.winzip.com/xsupport.htm

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| When I start Winzip it wants to search the computer for winzip file. It
| finds many. I have no idea what they are there for. Is it normal to have
| many unused Winzip files? Can I delete them safely? Could they be
| worms/trojans waiting to infect me later?
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[danjr]

They could be files from programs that you have downloaded or installed,
especially if they are located in temp directories. Perhaps some of the
programs running on your computer use them or were installed from them.

 

[That guy.]

When I start Winzip it wants to search the computer for winzip file. It
finds many. I have no idea what they are there for. Is it normal to have
many unused Winzip files? Can I delete them safely? Could they be
worms/trojans waiting to infect me later?

 

[danjr]

I have a number of zip files in various directories throughout my computer.
Most are leftover from installations and are in temp directories. Some are
used again if you choose a Repair option on a particular program. If they
are in a temp directory, you could probably delete them safely. If they are
in a program folder with a bunch of other files for a particular program, I
would probably leave them alone unless you know for sure they are not
needed.

 

[That guy.]

I thought that if they use them, they would have been uncompressed. So
compressed files are used on an ongoing basis? Do they uncompress them to
use them each time they are needed?

 

[That guy.]

That makes sense. I'm probably not noticing the parent directories of these
files. I'll check it out. Thanks.