Re: Winzip or something else?

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Sorry, I didn't know that - I've been using ver 8.1 for quite a long
time now.

It does give you a warning message when a certain number of [.zip] files
have been opened using it after the 21 day period has expired.

The warning message (irritatingly) requires you to wait until it has
displayed a counter that counts 'up' to the number of files opened so
far. So the more files opened - the longer you have to wait.

I had no idea that they had changed that.

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Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-)




"Jo-Anne" <Jo-AnneATnowhere.com> wrote in message
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Hi, Tim,

I uninstalled WinZip because all I was getting when I tried to extract
files was a notice that my trial had expired and I would have to pay
for the program. I've since read that some of the older versions can
continue to be used without this problem. My version, I think, was
11.2.

Jo-Anne

"Tim Meddick" <timmeddick@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I have WinZip and WinRAR (another file compression program) installed
on my computer, and have never had any problems with either of them.

I haven't heard of problems relating to the DES algorithm, but then I
don't use it with encryption anyway.

The main reason I have it on an XP machine is to open .exe
(self-extracting) archives which won't open with XP's inbuilt (ZIP
Folder) shell extension.

You don't have to 'uninstall' Winzip to get the functionality of XP's
"Compressed (Zipped) Folders" shell extension back again - you simply
'uncheck' the box marked '.zip' in the 'Associations' dialogue
under the 'system' tab in WinZip's configuration settings.

Likewise for .cab (cabinet) files which are also catered for in
Windows since Win'98 (extract only).

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Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-)




"Jo-Anne" <Jo-AnneATnowhere.com> wrote in message
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Thank you, Anteaus! Even though I don't zip files myself, I'm glad I
deleted WinZip. I'll check out ZipCentral (I've already bookmarked
7-Zip). Do you think the Microsoft extractor is sufficient if all
one does is extract the occasional file?

Jo-Anne

"Anteaus" <Anteaus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I would certainly avoid winzip as the latest version now creates
nonstandard
.zip files with AES encryption, which standard clients report as
being
corrupted.

One such example sent to us resulted in huge amounts of time being
wasted in
researching why we couldn't open it. Initially we thought it was an
email-attachment (mime) problem. When the sender finally mentioned
'winzip'
I became suspicious, and tracked-down the cause on their website.
If the damn
thing creates files which are not .zip-compatible, why the hell not
use a
different extension instead of causing confusion and aggro?

7-zip is good. A simple but effective alternative is ZipCentral,
which you
can find on most freeware sites.

"Jo-Anne" wrote:

WinZip was apparently installed on my computer ages ago. I don't
use it to
zip files, but I do occasionally get a file that needs to be
unzipped. I've
never had a problem before, but today when I went to unzip a file,
I was
told that my trial period had expired and I would need to buy the
program.

I'd be grateful if someone could recommend a free program that
reliably
unzips files.

Thank you!

Jo-Anne











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