How to Decompress a File With WinZip

You can use WinZip to decompress a file that has been saved in an archive. You may have created the archive yourself, or you may have received the archived file from another person or as an Internet download.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• WinZip

Extracting the File

1. Select the archived file and double-click on it. If WinZip is configured correctly, the WinZip program will launch and open your archive.

2. The WinZip window will display a list of all the files in the archive. Select the one you want to decompress.

3. Click on the Extract icon, or use the Extract item in the Actions menu.

4. A window will appear asking you where you want to save your extracted file. Find a location to save the file.

5. Name your file, or use the existing name.

6. Click Extract.

Tips & Warnings

• You can use the same process to extract some or all of the files in the archive. Select all of the files that you want to decompress. If you want to decompress all of them, simply click on All when presented with the window.
• You can also double-click files in the WinZip window to open them; however, unless you use the Save As command in the opened files, they will remain in the WinZip archive when you close them - they won't be extracted.

[zahzel]

on 5/24/2009 Can u do this on a MAC?