Compress old files

[Dave]

Hello folks,
I made the mistake of running the disk clean up with
the "compress old files" checked, and I need now to
access one of those files that I compressed. I still have
the file, but now its in a zipped folder. I click on the
folder and I get a window that allows me to unzip the
file. It unzipps fine but I still cant access the file to
use it. I would like to know if there is a way to unzip
the files that I inadvertantly zipped so that I can have
access to them again. Thanks very much for your response.

[David Candy]

Compress Old Files doesn't zip things. Therefore a file compressed will =
have a blue name label. It is compressed/uncompressed automatically. It =
seems that compress old files has nothing to do with your problem. See =
if the application that created the file can repair it. If not use =
notepad to extract any text from the file.

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> Hello folks,=20
> I made the mistake of running the disk clean up with=20
> the "compress old files" checked, and I need now to=20
> access one of those files that I compressed. I still have=20
> the file, but now its in a zipped folder. I click on the=20
> folder and I get a window that allows me to unzip the=20
> file. It unzipps fine but I still cant access the file to=20
> use it. I would like to know if there is a way to unzip=20
> the files that I inadvertantly zipped so that I can have=20
> access to them again. Thanks very much for your response.
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[Jason]

It will only be blue if you set it to be blue. But compessing old
files in NOT the same thing as zipping. What kind of file is it?
On Tue, 13 May 2003 10:55:19 +1000, "David Candy" >
wrote:

>Compress Old Files doesn't zip things. Therefore a file compressed will have a blue name label. It is compressed/uncompressed automatically. It seems that compress old files has nothing to do with your problem. See if the application that created the file
can repair it. If not use notepad to extract any text from the file.

[David Candy]

It will be blue unless the user set it not to be blue as it's on be =
default. Compressing old files and zips got nothing to do with each =
other. Therefore that zip was not created by Compressing Old Files. So =
where did the user get it.

If it truely is a zip (type cmd /ktype <path to zip file> and it's a zip =
if the first two characters are PK), then perhaps pkzipfix from PKZip =
2.50 for Dos (www.pkware.com) might fix it. But there is not enough =
detail to even guess.

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David Candy
http://www.mvps.org/serenitymacros
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"Jason" > wrote in message =
...
> It will only be blue if you set it to be blue. But compessing old
> files in NOT the same thing as zipping. What kind of file is it?
> On Tue, 13 May 2003 10:55:19 +1000, "David Candy" >
> wrote:
>=20
> >Compress Old Files doesn't zip things. Therefore a file compressed =
will have a blue name label. It is compressed/uncompressed =
automatically. It seems that compress old files has nothing to do with =
your problem. See if the application that created the file can repair =
it. If not use notepad to extract any text from the file.
>=20

[Sharon F]

Dave wrote:
> Hello folks,
> I made the mistake of running the disk clean up with
> the "compress old files" checked, and I need now to
> access one of those files that I compressed. I still have
> the file, but now its in a zipped folder. I click on the
> folder and I get a window that allows me to unzip the
> file. It unzipps fine but I still cant access the file to
> use it. I would like to know if there is a way to unzip
> the files that I inadvertantly zipped so that I can have
> access to them again. Thanks very much for your response.

Windows displays zip files as if they are folders. To access the files
inside, decompress the entire zip archive to a folder. Then find and open
the decompressed file.

To decompress or unzip, right click on the zipped folder and select Extract
All....
If this action fails, use the program that created the ZIP file to unzip
instead.


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Sharon F
Microsoft MVP, Windows - Shell/User