WinZip

[casey dorion]

Does Xp have something like
WinZip?

Thanks,
Casey

 

[Guest]

XP has file compression built in.
In Windows Explorer,Right click the file you want to compress and go down
to, 'Send to' and there should be an option saying ' Compressed (zipped)
Folder'

Hope this helps,

Simon.

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi casey,

The ability to handle .zip files is built in. Just double click one to open
it. To create one, right click the file and use send to-->compressed file.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

 

[Larry Mauriello]

I did not know this. Rick I currently use Winzip9. Is there any difference
between the apps?

 

[Guest]

My reply is at the bottom of your message:

I did not know this. Rick I currently use Winzip9. Is there any difference
between the apps?

No so big , I think , but if you use WinRAR there is difference because
WinRAR supports more archive variants .

Panda_man

 

[PopS]

My reply is at the bottom of your message:



No so big , I think , but if you use WinRAR there is difference
because
WinRAR supports more archive variants .

Panda_man

And that's relevant to the OP's question, uhhh, how?

 

[Gordon]

I did not know this. Rick I currently use Winzip9. Is there any difference
between the apps?

Yes, considerable differences. Winzip has functionality like being able
to incrementally add modified files to an archive, and password-protect
archives among others.

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi Gordon,

You can password a WinXP-generated zip file as well. Once created, double
click the zip and you'll find it on the file menu. But generally, yes,
winzip has a bit more functionality. Pretty similar to any of the built-in
features of WinXP - they're basic and allow for functionality but sometimes
not full usability depending on circumstances.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

 

[Gordon]

Hi Gordon,

You can password a WinXP-generated zip file as well. Once created, double
click the zip and you'll find it on the file menu.

Hi Rick - thanks for the info! I didn't know that!

 

[Guest]

Is there a way to get Win XP to extract the files from a split (multi-part)
zip file created in WinZip? Win XP can see all of the files in the main .zip
part of the split archive, but when I run the "Extract All" wizard, it
reports that the compressed folder is corrupted.

Thanks,
KEK

 

[David Candy]

The files are just split. Just join them together then it is a complete zip file.
copy /b zip1.zip+zip2.zip+zip3.zip NewZip.zip
See Help on Copy for more.