[pchelpers] Re: zip program for Thunderbird / and Windows Vista
- From: "Jackie MacWhirter" <jmacwhirter@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pchelpers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 1 May 2008 02:45:19 -0400
Re-Na try this
http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/Help/6ef5399f-a0b6-4133-ac76-41cda36b1ca21033.mspx
Jackie
----- Original Message -----
From: "G.R. Hanson" <grhanson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <pchelpers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 10:04 PM
Subject: [pchelpers] Re: zip program for Thunderbird / and Windows Vista
> Thanks Cy.
>
> I just talked to one of the guys at the store where I purchased the
> computer <called about something else> and he said if I save the files
> to the desktop <doesn't have to be there, just repeating what HE
> said>.... then extract them, the files open. I tested that and it worked.
>
> IF I click on the zip attachment in the email, it says it can't open
> 'because the associated helper application does not exist. Change the
> association in your preferences.'
>
> Vista home premium.
> How do I do that?
>
> Re-Na
>
>
> Cyril Halbach wrote:
>> Re-Na,
>>
>> You do not need to download anything, Vista has its ownn built in
>> unzipper. If you want to zip something you can just build a zip folder
>> and throw the files into it.
>>
>> I always let Vista do the unzipping automatically. Just double click
>> on the file then in the upper portion of the window click on extract. It
>> will automatically extract and put the files in a folder using the name
>> of the file.
>> I have a folder I call Download where I download everything. If you
>> direct the downloads to that folder then unzip it everything will be in
>> the download folder, including the new folder with the extracted files.
>>
>> Cy
>>
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