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If you came here to
unzip a different file or files,
just substitute the
file names in the diagrams
with the file names
of your Zip files. The same
applies to different
Zip utilities.
For most of you, I will
recommend that you get
a program called WinZip.
This utility is very up-
to-date, and is about
the easiest Zip program I
could recommend. There
are many others just
as good, so don't download
it if you already
have a Zip utility.
What you have already
should be just as capable
of doing the job.
If you regularly buy
magazine CDs and the like
you may already have
WinZip or an equal
utility. Save yourself
the download time and
check your CDs out!
WinZip is a large file.
The only difference
will be in the windows or
dialog boxes you get
along the way. Since I
recommend WinZip, the
pictures used in this
pictorial tutorial
show how to unzip files with
WinZip. However, the
steps performed are
all the same, regardless
of which program you
use. Most of the Windows
applications out
there provide similar
dialog boxes to WinZip.
If any steps are out
of the order shown and
described below, they
will be noted. This will
only be the case for
those NOT using WinZip
or programs that have
the same steps as WinZip.
Included in the pictures
are instructions.
I put these instructions
within the pictures
so that you can save
them and use them
to help you if you
forget the steps.
To save a picture, right
click on the
image itself, and select
"SAVE PICTURE"
or "SAVE IMAGE AS".
Put it in a folder
where you keep pictures,
or documents
that you save from
the Internet.
Now, let's get unzipping!
Launch WinZip from the
desktop if a WinZip icon
is present on it. If
not, you will have to launch
it from the Start Button
by locating WinZip in the
Programs tab, and clicking
on it, or by browsing
your hard drive via
"My Computer".
You will find it in
a folder named "WinZip"
which is found in drive
C, "Program Files" folder.
Click on "winzip.exe"
or "winzip32.exe". It will
likely be the biggest
file in the folder.
For other programs,
launch the program using
the same steps as outlined
above.
You should now get the
main program
window pictured below.
Some other programs
don't have buttons like
the ones in WinZip.
Just use the "File" tab instead
and select "Open" or
"Open Archive"
(A Zip file is an archive
file).
Once you have made your
selection, you will
get an Open dialog
as shown below. Again, some
programs will have
different means of selecting
a file to work on.
You want to use the dialog to
find the Zip file you
want to unzip.
Double clicking on the
folders, and/or the
Go-Back folder, you
can browse through any
folders on your computer.
Once you have found
the file, and its name
is in the "File name:"
window, you click the
open button.
As soon as you do, the
file will open, and
present you with all
the files in the Zip file.
In the picture below
is the contents of the
Zip file "devotee.zip"
as it appears in the WinZip
window. Once here,
you begin the next
step in the process.
Wow! What's all
this?
Currently, the Zip files
contents are open.
None of the files are
selected, so we must choose
which ones we want
to work on.
In most cases, you want
to extract ALL the files
in a Zip file and create
them as they were on
the computer that made
the Zip file. This gives
you an exact copy of
all the files, and enables
your computer to access
and use the files just
as if you had made
them yourself.
Now, click on the Action
tab, and click on
"Select All". This
will highlight all the files,
instructing WinZip
to unzip all files when
we tell it to do so.
For other applications,
there is no "Actions"
tab. No matter, find
a similar action in a
different tab. In many
an "Edit" or "Select"
tab is present, and
gives you the same
"Select All" or "All
files" option.
Once all files are selected, you click on EXTRACT.
I should warn those
using programs other than WinZip
that you MAY have to
do the step below PRIOR to
instructing the program
to EXTRACT.
In the diagram above,
we use the folders
displayed in the biggest
window to locate the
folder in which we
want to store the files. Using
the New Folder button,
you can create one, and
for the "devotee.zip"
file, a folder was named
"Devotee". As pictured
above, it is also high-
lighted, making it
the active folder.
Clicking on the Extract
button now would
instruct WinZip to
put all those files we
selected in the previous
picture into the
active folder, "Devotee".
For those working with
different Zip files,
you merely have to
click the folders to the
folder you desire,
and make a new folder
if you have to.
For those not using
WinZip, you may have to
make a folder BEFORE
you start since some do
not provide you with
that ability within the
program.
That, my friends, is
all! Once extracted,
the files are ready
to use. About the only
trouble you may get
with a file is if it has
been "corrupted".
Corrupted files will
NOT unzip no matter
what you do. WinZip
and other applications
will bark at you when
they encounter a
corrupted Zip file.
Something to the effect
that "this file is
corrupted", or "Cannot unzip
file - bad data/file/whatever".
If you encounter such
an error, you will be
forced to obtain the
file again from its
source. If you got
it from the Internet, you
will have to download
it again. If a friend
gave you a diskette
with the Zip file on it,
you will have to get
another disk from your
friend. In the case
of diskettes, it is very
common for files to
become corrupted.
But be assured that
once extracted, the
files will work and
act just as they did on
the Zip file creator's
computer. Well, ok.
If that person didn't
put all the files needed
in the Zip, then maybe
it wont. But you
likely wont encounter
this often.
Now, get to it! Unzip
your files!
You are ready to go.
The end.
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