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by outrageous1

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I recently installed winrar, and with that, I uninstalled it as it caused problems with my windows (xp pro).

My new problem is that when i right click on my desktop and go new>>folder>> .... I am missing the compressed (zipped) folder option.

Why did winrar do this to my system and how can i get back that option.

My other problem is, when i right click on a file and choose send to>>compressed (zipped) folder, i get this message ...

For compressed (zipped) folders to
handle ZIP files correctly, the
application associated with them must
be compressed (zipped) folders.
Currently this is not the case. Do
you want to designate compressed
(zipped) folders as the application
for handling ZIP files? Yes/No.

I always say yes to this option, however, windows will not zip the file in to a new zip folder and I still don't have the option of creating a new zip folder.

Any help with this would be greatly appreciated !

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by titssni

Outrageous1,

I don't know what issues you had with WinRar but all I can say it kicks a$$ for compressions and the sort. You will need to reassociate the files you have to a zip application such as Winzip.

Do you have a zip program installed?

You will need one in order to make/create zips.

Reinstall WinRar and learn to use it and you'll be ok. It works fine.

The Suite

by house

type rar_rules.txt|more

rar has always...

Beaten the crap out of zip, arj, and ace. The only thing that I do is remove the check marks for the cab and iso file extensions. It can't handle some of the more advanced zips... then again, neither can the MS basic zip support.

You can disable the file association for zip in the WinRar preferences.

You can also customize your 'send to' folder -

C:\Documents and Settings\[i]profile name[/i]\SendTo

It is a hidden folder in your profile. :)

Personally, I find rar to be the most versatile compression app. Otherwise, I use 7-Zip with the .7z extension for stronger compression.

PS - Why in the hell would you want to 'right click' and go 'new' -> 'compressed zip folder'. Use winrar... that's what it is there for.

by outrageous1

You'd think by asking a question for help that you'd get an answer, instead of ridicule to the topic. I'm not much to the opinion part of which is better or which is not, thanks anyways. All I want to know is how to change my windows settings back to the way they were!

by titssni

Outrageous1,

Sorry for getting off on the wrong foot with your topic. Sometimes we try to add a little smile to the posts so as to raise the level of comfort here, some people find it a problem (as I guess you do) and so we take a step back.

Reset your file associations and you'll be good to go. Just go to the Windows Explorer, then choose tools, then folder options, then file types, then select the Zip extension and click change, then choose the Compressed (zipped) folders option and hit ok.

You're good to go.

The Suite

by house

I already told him to do that in my post. I don't think he fully understands how to change the file associations.

by outrageous1

Last time I checked I wasn't an idiot and I can follow instruction ... Just because I don't know how to do something, doesn't mean that I can't figure it out with a bit of instruction. Much to your depressing demise, I have corrected the problem and thank The Suite for their help.

Thank-you "the suite",

Cheers

by curlybraces

Hello,

I downloaded a 90MB file.04.rar file.

It's no.4 in a multivolume rar archive (total 13 rar files from file.01.rar thru file.13.rar).

Being a multi-volume archive, unrar/winrar3.51 expect other volumes to be present in order to extract the huge file.

Now the data I need is part of file.04.rar file.
Hence, I don't want to download another 12*90MB of useless(2 me) files, just to be able to extract my data.

Is there a way to do that without downloading rest of the archive ? (The original post does not have any .revs or .pars, hence that option is ruled out).

IS there something else I can try ?

regards,
CB.

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