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Pat Garard
December 5th 03, 10:26 PM
Forget what I said about moving/copying - my mind was multi-tasking and
suffered a FATAL Page Fault.
The rest is ok.
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Hope this helps!

Pat Garard
Australia

"longtooth" > wrote in message
...
> Update on my experience with downloading Winzip.
> Suffice it to say that it was necessary, for business
> reasons that I use Winzip. It was not a choice and I much
> prefer to use Windows own Compressed folders simply
> because using it is a " no brainer " and Winzip takes
> considerably more effort to learn how to jump through its
> many and varied hoops.
> I posted several days ago with my conserns about losing
> compressed folders after downloading Winzip,and this did
> occur. Winzip deleted all refrences to and use of
> compressed folders. After my original post someone
> suggested a way to get compressed folders to co-exist
> with Winzip. This failed to produce any negligable
> results. Although my computer reported the method used
> was sucessful compressed folders cannot be located to
> this date. Undaunted I deleted Winzip from my personal
> side of the computer, but still no compressed folders.
> The only effect being that all the folders in
> my "favorites" menu turned a sickly shade of washed out
> yellow and became ragged looking. Days passed and I
> finally decided to try and learn to use Winzip, so loaded
> it back onto my "personal" side. I still have'nt learned
> to use winzip but have already benefited from the
> experience. Immediately the folders in my "favorites"
> menu returned to a bright yellow and lost the ragged look.
> So what is the moral to this story ? Beats me, Other than
> if it aint broke, dont fix it. Winzip is vindictive.

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