How do you unzip a file?

Unzipping a File

There are a few different programs for zipping (i.e. compressing) and unzipping files. But if you're using Windows and the file you want to unzip has a .zip extension, it's WinZip you want. This is shareware so you can download it for free. Try a site such as Shareware.com and search for WinZip.

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  • I like the application WinRar. You can find this shareware app at www.rarlabs.com (or also search for "WinRar" from a search engine). This app can handle uncompressing .zip files as well as .rar files and many others. After installing the app, you can uncompress by right-clicking on the file and picking the right "uncompress" option from the menu. If you have a software error, they are usually fixed by re-installing the application that's causing the error.

  • If you use Windows XP, you can automatically unzip a file by double-clicking it. Windows XP comes with an unzipping program. I also believe you can zip (.zip) a group of applications by selecting them all and right-clicking on one of the selected files.

  • QuickZip will zip and unzip a lot of different files http://www.quickzip.org/

  • There is a free open source program called 7zip that you can download at www.theopencd.org, along with a bunch of other great applications. All are free, based on the open source concept that keeps Linux growing. With 7zip installed, just double click on the file you want unzipped.

  • Zip Genius is another opensource compression utility. It will unzip nearly any format of compressed files. zip, bunzip, tar, and a bunch of others. Slick. Just Google zip genius. You'll find it. Since it's open source, it's free.

  • Just Zipit is excellent - simply ZIPs and unZIPs - all with one click from the context menu.
 

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