Author: Christos Gitsis
Date: 19:46:12 09/23/05
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On September 23, 2005 at 22:37:59, George Speight wrote: >On September 23, 2005 at 22:26:42, Christos Gitsis wrote: > >>On September 23, 2005 at 22:17:12, George Speight wrote: >> >>>On September 23, 2005 at 22:09:05, Christos Gitsis wrote: >>> >>>>On September 23, 2005 at 21:55:40, George Speight wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>>I downloaded Perfect 7.32 opening book. I had to also download WinRar to extract >>>>>it thru. When i ran WinRar it changed the Perfect file to an archived file and i >>>>>can extract it to chessbase as i wanted. The problem is i downloaded it to >>>>>documents, where i also have all my back up engine files located. It changed all >>>>>them to archived WinRAR files also. I did not want that. How can i get those >>>>>files back like they were!! Please help. Thanks in advance, George >>>> >>>>You mean that all the files are in .zip or .rar format? I did not understand >>>>exactly how that happened, but the solution should be to select all the files >>>>with the mouse (or each one separately), right-click and select "Extract here" >>>> >>>>Christos >>>Thanks for taking the time to help me. All the files WERE in zip format. But >>>after i installed Winrar for the purpose of extracting Perfect book, it changed >>>all my other files to RAR files. At least i suppse it did. It shows the files >>>now as the 3 books with the strap around them instead of a zip as it was. I want >>>it back like it was. What do i do!! Thanks, George >> >>I think they are still in zip format, WinRAR did not change them at all. (You >>can check this by right-clicking on a file, and selecting properties) >> >>What happened is simply that during its installation, WinRAR made itself the >>default program for handling zip files. >> >>So, you dont have to do anything. >> >>Christos >I follow what you are saying, but is htere any way to get them back into the >zipped form they were before i downloaded winrar. I tried the extract here, and >they dont go back into a zip, just scattered about. the main problem is i may >not want to keep winrar past that 40 days and pay a license fee. I would like >to get them back into the zip file format they were before i ever downloaded >winrar. Is that possible. thanks, George But they _are_ in zip format, aren't they?. If you uninstall WinRar, you will be able to handle them like before, with the other program that you have installed in your computer. Anyway, this is a very good free program, which can handle many types of compressed files, including rarfiles: www.7-zip.org
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