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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