pkunzip
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Files come in different sizes. Bandwidth determines how long it takes
to download a file. The smaller the file - the faster the download.
Many files can be made smaller (compressed)
before transferring and decompressed after
the transfer. If you download a file that has been compressed using pkzip
(it will have an extension of .zip),
you will
need to run a program called pkunzip to decompress it.
If you would like to try a shareware version of pkunzip, all
you need do is:
- if you haven't all ready done so, create a directory called utility
- click here to start
downloading pkunzip.exe Most browsers
try to download .exe files like an .html page... and it will
show up as gob-a-lee-goop on your screen, therefore;
click on the link with your right mouse button.
Then, you can choose "Save Link As".
- select your utility directory as the download destination
(If you don't all ready have a directory called "utility", now
might be a good time to create one.)
To run pkunzip you can either:
- Run From a DOS prompt
- copy pkunzip.exe to the same directory as the .zip file
- from a DOS prompt type: pkunzip filename.zip (where
filename is the name of the file to be unzipped.)
- you will
see files fly by as they are decompressed)
- Associate With .zip Files
- in Windows, open "File Manager" or "Winfile"
- choose "file"
- choose "associate"
- type zip in the little pop-up box
- choose the "browse" button
- highlight pkunzip.exe in the utility directory
- choose "ok"
- double click on any .zip file to unzip it
(you will
see files fly by as they are decompressed)
back in File Manager, choose "window" from the menu bar
choose "refresh"
the decompressed files should appear
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