WIN XP Can't Open GZ Files

[JHDAY]

In a Win XP Professional SP2 environment we are unable to open .gz type files
on the desktops. These files were previously opened using PKZIP but that
product is no longer available to us. We know WinZip will work, but before
purchasing it would like to know if there is anything inherent within or
associated with XP that we can use? Your help would be greatly appreciated!

 

[Twayne]

In a Win XP Professional SP2 environment we are unable to open .gz
type files on the desktops. These files were previously opened using
PKZIP but that product is no longer available to us. We know WinZip
will work, but before purchasing it would like to know if there is
anything inherent within or associated with XP that we can use? Your
help would be greatly appreciated!

WinZip and several others will now open .gz files; just check at
download time. 7-zip et all all seem to handle them.

FYI if you're a command line user, PKZip & PKUnZip is actually still
available:
http://www.pkware.com/software-pkzip

or if you just like pkware pre-winzip, I suppose<g>. I didn't follow it
to see what other formats it can work with.

HTH,

Twayne`

 

[3c273]

http://www.7-zip.org/ (open source)
Louis

In a Win XP Professional SP2 environment we are unable to open .gz type files
on the desktops. These files were previously opened using PKZIP but that
product is no longer available to us. We know WinZip will work, but before
purchasing it would like to know if there is anything inherent within or
associated with XP that we can use? Your help would be greatly

appreciated!

 

[Nil]

We know WinZip will work, but before purchasing it would like to
know if there is anything inherent within or associated with XP
that we can use?

No. There is nothing built into the operating system that can deal
with that format archive files. You will need a 3rd party utility.
Winzip is not the only one available.

 

[Tim Meddick]

*Please remember - if installing WinZip - in it's "setup for first time
use" routine - deselect the associations for .zip files AND .cab files
..

If you don't, then you will lose the native ability for XP to handle
these files - quite a loss for .zip files as XP does handle them
particularly well, IMO.

==

Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London.

 

[Twayne]

*Please remember - if installing WinZip - in it's "setup for first
time use" routine - deselect the associations for .zip files AND .cab
files .

If you don't, then you will lose the native ability for XP to handle
these files - quite a loss for .zip files as XP does handle them
particularly well, IMO.

Not in my experience, at least. Leave the associations alone and for
Winzip or whatever, just use the right-click Context Menu. Winzip has
its own entry in that menu; not sure of other programs. I like Winzip
because it can be assigned "jobs" now and has some tight zip algorithms
although only Winzip can handle them.

HTH,

Twayne`

 

[Tim Meddick]

Twayne,
Turning off the associations for .zip & .cab files (i.e.
unchecking them in the file types list) in WinZip will not result in the
loss of the 'Context Submenu' (the part WinZip adds to the 'right-click'
file menu with the [WinZip] icons).

ALL it results in is, for those two file types - Explorer will be the
default program to open them (i.e. no change) so that :

Explorer handles the opening, extraction, adding files and adding
passwords for .zip files.

Explorer handles the opening and extraction of files for .cab files.

*If WinZip is made the new default handler for these types of files then
the old associations WILL be overwritten and if you want to uninstall
WinZip you will no longer be able to open .zip files (& .cab files) in
explorer anymore.

(Although, there is a 'fix' for .zip files in the form of re-registering
the file 'zipfldr.dll'
and similarly the 'fix' for .cab files is to re-register the file
'cabview.dll')

==

Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London.

 

[Twayne]

That's what I said.

Cheers,

Twayne

Twayne,
Turning off the associations for .zip & .cab files (i.e.
unchecking them in the file types list) in WinZip will not result in
the loss of the 'Context Submenu' (the part WinZip adds to the
'right-click' file menu with the [WinZip] icons).

ALL it results in is, for those two file types - Explorer will be the
default program to open them (i.e. no change) so that :

Explorer handles the opening, extraction, adding files and adding
passwords for .zip files.

Explorer handles the opening and extraction of files for .cab files.

*If WinZip is made the new default handler for these types of files
then the old associations WILL be overwritten and if you want to
uninstall WinZip you will no longer be able to open .zip files (&
.cab files) in explorer anymore.

(Although, there is a 'fix' for .zip files in the form of
re-registering the file 'zipfldr.dll'
and similarly the 'fix' for .cab files is to re-register the file
'cabview.dll')

==

Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London.

Not in my experience, at least. Leave the associations alone and for
Winzip or whatever, just use the right-click Context Menu. Winzip
has its own entry in that menu; not sure of other programs. I like
Winzip because it can be assigned "jobs" now and has some tight zip
algorithms although only Winzip can handle them.

HTH,

Twayne`