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Subject: Re: Pleae Help With File Problem!!

Author: Christos Gitsis

Date: 19:58:32 09/23/05

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On September 23, 2005 at 22:52:05, George Speight wrote:

>On September 23, 2005 at 22:46:12, Christos Gitsis wrote:
>
>>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
>But i didnt think it was free. I thought you had to pay for the licenxe after 40
>days. If i were to uninstall WinRar, are the files still going to remain
>Winrarzip. Because if they are, i dont think i can extract them through the
>wizard,can i. If i can, there is no problem. And do u have any idea what they
>want for the license, or do i ahve to pay anything. Thanks very, very, much for
>your time.   George

When I wrote "this is a very good free program", I meant 7-zip (www.7-zip.org)

Christos



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