[bksvol-discuss] Re: Unzipping .brf files
- From: talmage@xxxxxxxxxx
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2009 18:10:01 -0500
Shannon,
What program are you using to unzip the books?
If it is just the standard Windows unzip, are you accessing the unzip
program by clicking on the zip file, or are you high-liting the file and
then going through the file menu [Alt-F] and selecting [Extract All ...]?
I just tried a zipped brf file, and since it sounds like you are
using the standard Windows zip program, I did as well. I unzipped it
both by whacking enter on the file name, and by clicking Extract All
from the file menu, but the later method seems more straight forward
to me so I'll go through those steps.
Whenever I download files I initially put them at the root directory
of my C drive and then move them from there, as it just makes it
easier to find them.
Ok, from Windows Explorer move to the zip file.
Hit the Alt key to bring up the file menu, and move down to Extract All ...
Whack enter on that
You should be presented with the Extraction Wizard Title Screen, and
Next should be high-lited, so just hit the space-bar,
Now it should prompt with a save location.
In my case, it was a folder with the books name, at the root level of
the C Drive. e.g. C:\Who Was King Tut
As it is an edit field, you can change it, leave it, tab to browse,
click to enter the password or next.
I changed the C: to a D: and added \text
e.g. D:\text\Who Was King Tut
I then clicked Next and the system prompts for a password.
Enter your Bookshare password and click OK
Now a check box should show up for [Show extracted files?] and it is
checked by default.
If you leave it checked, and click finish, it will open another
Windows Explorer window and deposit you in this newly created folder
containing your brf file.
If you uncheck it and click finish, the extract wizard closes and you
find yourself back at the high-lited zip file in the original
instance of Windows Explorer.
At risk of sounding like a broken record, I like 7Zip better, as I
don't like wizards.
If you already were aware of all this, sorry for the repetition.
Dave
At 12:23 PM 1/17/2009, you wrote:
Hi, all.
I have downloaded several .brf files in the new zip format. I can
not get them to open properly though. I unzip them, enter the
password, and they show up on my computer, but I can't save them
anywhere else, so I can transfer them to the book courier. Does
anyone have any idea why this is, and how to fix it?
Shannon
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