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RARs, ZIPs and other IT not-so novelties

Sun Nov 8, 2009, 9:56 AM
I don't understand how it is even remotely possible to not knowing how to extract a packed archive file nowadays, with all the IT smell in the air, but it seems like people are still having problems with that. So, this is what you have to do:

a) If it's a .zip file then most of MS Windows users shouldn't have a problem - you just double click it and it opens as a catalog. HOWEVER, I strongly advise you to drag it wherever you want to place it, because all the operations you'd make this file undergo (even the simpliest like opening and saving) will take much more time, as this is a compressed (packed) file.

b) If it's a .rar file then Windows OS itself won't help - you need any kind of archive compression software that handles that kind of files. I urge you to have one, because there are lots and lots of files on the Web that are actually packed as .7z or .rar and you need something to open them with.
There are many different programs on the Web that give you this ability. Google for "rar" and choose as you like or try those:
- 7-zip: [link]
- PeaZIP: [link]
- IZArc: [link]
As far as I remember they are all freeware. Download it, install, open a file with it and drag the files included in the archive to wherever you want. Done.

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~inlustris Oct 15, 2009, 3:37:00 PM
thanks for the :+fav:

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~tei187 Oct 15, 2009, 5:29:36 PM
always a pleasure
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*Vollmilch2001 Oct 14, 2009, 1:42:50 AM
thx sooo much for the :+fav:

regards from the pyramids :sun:

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Mood: Winter Downs ~tei187 Oct 14, 2009, 6:11:52 AM
:ahoy: it was a pleasure.

regards from already a bit frost-bitten Baltic area (Poland, in short).

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~CryoVision Sep 30, 2009, 10:42:50 AM
permanentnie przeniosłem się na digarta :)

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~tei187 Sep 30, 2009, 12:57:53 PM
uojoj... jedno z kilku miejsc, ktorych nie mam zamiaru ponownie odwiedzac.

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~Shacaca Sep 14, 2009, 1:16:20 PM
Thanks for the favs man, oh and did ya see this one too? [link]

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~Shacaca Sep 14, 2009, 12:58:25 PM
Hey man I uplosded two new Jericho peiceses thought ya might wanna check em out!

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~tei187 Sep 14, 2009, 1:12:46 PM
right on it

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